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The spy who loved : the secrets and lives of Christine Granville  Cover Image Book Book

The spy who loved : the secrets and lives of Christine Granville / Clare Mulley.

Mulley, Clare. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250049766 (pbk)
  • ISBN: 1250049768 (pbk)
  • Physical Description: xxi, 426 pages, 13 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes "Reading group gold" guide (p. [427]-[439]).
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface: Stories of trust and betrayal -- Borderlands -- Two weddings and a war -- Hungarian embraces -- Polish resistance -- A string of arrests -- Travels in an Opel -- Cold in Cairo -- The beautiful spy -- Our woman in Algiers -- A French occupation -- The Battle of Vercors -- Switching allegiances -- Operation Libert©♭ -- Mission impossible -- Second-class citizen -- Deep water -- Brutal end -- Epilogue: The afterlife of Christine Granville -- My search for Christine Granville : a note on sources -- Appendix I: Christine "preferred dogs to children" : a note on Christine Granville's childlessness -- Appendix II: She "murdered me" Muldowney said : a note on Dennis Muldowney.
Subject: Granville, Christine, 1908-1952.
Women spies > Great Britain > Biography.
Spies > Great Britain > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Great Britain.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Plymouth.

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Pease Public Library BIO GRANVILLE
Gift?: Yes
34598000678204 Adult Biography Available -


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