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Christine: A Search for Christine Granville


Christine: A Search for Christine Granville

Paperback by Masson, Madeleine

Christine: A Search for Christine Granville

£10.99

ISBN:
9781844082384
Publication Date:
6 Oct 2005
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:
Virago Press Ltd
Pages:
352 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 21 - 22 May 2024
Christine: A Search for Christine Granville

Description

Christine Granville, G.M., O.B.E. and Croix de Guerre, one of the most successful women agents of the Second World War and said to have been Churchill's 'favourite spy', was murdered, aged 37, in a London Hotel in 1952. Her actions as a British secret agent in Poland, Hungary and France were legendary even in her lifetime and she repeatedly risked her life to undertake dangerous missions. Her exploits began after the fall of Poland when she became a British agent; organising the escape of British prisoners-of-war, Polish pilots and refugees and returning to Poland, her homeland, to set up escape routes and report on German troop movements. Her capture by the Gestapo led to a dramatic escape from Budapest in the boot of a car followed by travels through Turkey and Syria to Cairo. Christine is an inspiring and unforgettable true story.

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