Spy Memoir

In 1949 Noor Inayat Khan was awarded the George Cross posthumously. How did this young lady from a noble upbringing with a pacifist belief have the desire, dedication, and willingness to risk everything to become one of the bravest and courageous agents during World War II? Starting her career with the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Noor soon wanted to make more of an impact on the war effort. This, combined with her incredible willpower and determination were soon noticed and she was recruited as a Special Operations Executive.

Spies are a feature of countless works of fiction in which they often discover secrets on which the fate of nations hang in the balance. Reality is generally rather more mundane as spies often gather low-level intelligence that only makes sense when it is examined by analysts and compared to information from other sources. Espionage provides clues to what the enemy is planning, but on its own it rarely changes the course of a war. Moreover, real spies are generally anonymous and not the bold, swashbuckling action heroes depicted in fiction.

La vicenda del generale Alberto Pollio è una perfetta spy story dai contorni foschi, aperta a un'infinità di congetture che richiamano fin troppo da vicino le pellicole di 007. Eppure la storia di Pollio non sarebbe giunta fino a noi se non si fosse verificato un concatenarsi di eventi che portarono ad aprire un'indagine sulle circostanze misteriose della sua morte.

La biografía de una mujer envuelta en un halo de leyenda irresistible. Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, su verdadero nombre, fue una famosa cortesana, espía y bailarina holandesa de striptease, condenada a muerte por espionaje y ejecutada durante la I Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.