| International Standard Book Number |
9781541700666 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
154170066X (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Lewis, Damien. author.
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| Title Statement |
Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / Damien Lewis.
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| Edition Statement |
First US edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : PublicAffairs, 2022.
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| Physical Description |
xxvi, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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| General Note |
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2022 by Quercus Editions Ltd.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and index.
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| 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.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"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
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women spies Great Britain Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American women dancers France Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 African Americans France Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Women France Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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