The Mysterious Virginia Hall: World War Ii's Most Dangerous Spy
(eAudiobook)

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    [synopsis] => How did a young lady from a wealthy family in Maryland end up as the Gestapo's most wanted spy? This YA

biography of Virginia Hall, World War II's most successful female spy, will inspire reluctant readers and budding

history buffs alike.

Virginia Hall, known to her family as "Dindy," was an athletic, outdoorsy girl who dreamed of joining the foreign

service and becoming an ambassador. Despite numerous setbacks, including losing her leg to gangrene after

an accident, Virginia never wavered in her determination to serve her country. After the outbreak of World War

II, a chance meeting on a train changed her life-George Bellows, an agent of the British Special Operations

Executive, recruited her as one of its first women agents. Working for Allied intelligence services in France,

Virginia Hall organized French resistance fighters, performed daring rescues, and provided the Allies with

intelligence that was key for ousting the Nazis and earned her numerous medals, including the US Army's

Distinguished Service Cross.

With chapters titled for each of the many aliases and nicknames used by Virginia Hall, this book takes readers

through her extraordinary life and her evolution as a resistance fighter and intelligence operative. Award-winning

author Claudia Friddell brings Virginia Hall's bravery, intelligence, and determination to life in this thoroughly

researched and photo-filled biography endorsed by Hall's family.
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