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Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / Damian Lewis.

Summary:

"In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain"-- Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 154170066X
ISBN: 9781541700666
Physical Description: xxvi, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First US edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2022 by Quercus Editions Ltd"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-452) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	A traitor unmasked -- An honourable spy -- From Paris with love -- A most sensational woman -- The darkness descends -- It can't always be caviar -- The enemy at the gates -- The iron resistance -- Stardom, her cloak and her dagger -- The black angel -- Invisible ink and secret steamships -- On the Gestapo hitlist -- Abandon all hope -- Unbreakable -- The twelve apostles -- Dances with death -- Operation Josephine B -- Operation Underworld -- Captured, imprisoned -- The grim reaper calls -- Lighting the torch -- Die another day -- Into the heat and dust -- Liberation day -- A song for Buchenwald -- Epilogue.