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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Virginia Hall was too free-spirited to obey her mother’s wish to settle down and marry.
Chapter 3: Virginia sought a diplomatic career after European studies abroad, despite a devastating accident.
Chapter 4: Following France’s collapse, Virginia escaped to Spain, where she met, quite by chance, a British intelligence operative there.
Chapter 5: In summer 1941, Virginia went back to France as an SOE operative there.
Chapter 6: Lyon proved an ideal operational base for Virginia’s mission there.
Chapter 7: Within just two weeks, the SOE lost twelve top agents in France, but Virginia devised a daring escape for them.
Chapter 8: An Abwehr operative infiltrated Virginia’s circle and deceived the Allies with deadly results indeed.
Chapter 9: A perilous mountain ascent was the sole route to evade German occupying forces.
Chapter 10: After moving to an American intelligence agency, Virginia conducted one last mission in France.
Description
A Woman of No Importance (2019) sheds light on the shadowy world of wartime espionage and the career of one of the Allies’ most effective spies in the battle against Nazi Germany – Virginia Hall. In these blinks, we’ll follow Virginia from her Maryland home to the jazz clubs of interwar Paris and the warren-like streets of Lyon, the city in which she learned her trade. Along the way, you’ll discover how the “limping lady” dodged Gestapo agents, martialled the French resistance and revolutionized spycraft.
Who Should Listen
- Adventure addicts
- History buffs
- Francophiles