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A Life in Secrets

Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII

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A Life in Secrets

Auteur(s): Sarah Helm
Narrateur(s): Nicola Barber
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From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II.

As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Atkins courageously committed herself to a dangerous search for 12 of her most cherished women spies who had gone missing in action. Drawing on previously unavailable sources, Sarah Helm chronicles Atkins’s extraordinary life and her singular journey through the chaos of post-war Europe.

Brimming with intrigue, heroics, honor, and the horrors of war, A Life in Secrets is the story of a grand, elusive woman and a tour de force of investigative journalism.

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“Brilliant...One can only admire the way that Helm put together all the pieces of the puzzle.” (The Washington Post)

“Fascinating...Compelling...Gripping...A stupendous job of reporting.” (The New York Times)

“Helm's account is a chilling reminder of the ghastliness of WWII.” (Entertainment Weekly)
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When I saw the description for this book, I knew I had to have it. So interesting not only to learn about women involved on the frontline as undercover agents during WWII, but to learn about the woman who managed them. Shocking too to learn about the low regard the UK had for these women, by ot recognizing their service. Very detailed book, well researched. Well narrated.

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