She overcame so much adversity to help the Allies in the French Resistance yet never received the recognition she deserved. Patti’s Review: It is hard to believe it took this long for Virginia Hall’s story to finally be told. She lived her life on her own terms, to the extent that society would let her, and that’s an inspiration. Most galling is that at war’s end, in spite of all she had achieved and accomplished, she received little to no recognition! However, Virginia would not have wanted the recognition anyway. She was underestimated at every turn, and certainly discriminated against because of her gender. She was so unconventional in her life and choices, and remarkably heroic. I loved reading about this formidable, but not well known woman. The story of Virginia Hall reads like a Hollywood script: ingenue from a privileged background, seeking adventure, finds too much adventure and has a leg amputated, and in spite of misogyny and a limp manages to become an effective spy! It’s quite a remarkable story.

Nicholette’s Review: Just in case you haven’t yet read enough about World War II, please consider A Woman of No Importance. After her cover was blown, she finally escaped France by hiking over the snow covered Pyrenees into Spain, but later returned to France to continue the Resistance and help liberate swaths of France after D-Day. She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and established vast spy networks throughout France. We must find and destroy her.” The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, a British spy agency. Synopsis: In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: “She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies.

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