| Record ID | marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-009.mrc:222275905:3297 |
| Source | marc_columbia |
| Download Link | /show-records/marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-009.mrc:222275905:3297?format=raw |
LEADER: 03297pam a22003854a 4500
001 4214455
005 20221027055656.0
008 030730s2003 nyuaf b 001 0ceng
010 $a 2003060784
020 $a0060540877 (hard. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)995215150
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn995215150
035 $a(NNC)4214455
035 $a4214455
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
043 $ae-uk---
050 00 $aD810.S7$bB49 2003
082 00 $a940.54/8641/0922$222
100 1 $aBinney, Marcus.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n77006829
245 14 $aThe women who lived for danger :$bthe agents of the Special Operations Executive /$cMarcus Binney.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bWilliam Morrow,$c[2003?]
300 $axv, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aHardcover ed. published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 361-366) and index.
505 00 $tA Note on SOE -- $g1.$tRecruitment and Training -- $g2.$tAn Agent's Life -- $g3.$tChristina Granville -- $g4.$tVirginia Hall -- $g5.$tLise de Baissac -- $g6.$tNoor Inayat Khan -- $g7.$tPearl Witherington -- $g8.$tPaddy O'Sullivan -- $g9.$tViolette Szabo -- $g10.$tMarguerite 'Peggy' Knight -- $g11.$tPaola Del Din -- $g12.$tAlix d'Unienville.
520 1 $a"The Special Operations Executive was formed by Winston Churchill in 1940 to "set Europe ablaze." In the SOE women were trained to handle guns and explosives, work undercover, endure interrogation by the Gestapo, and use complex codes. In The Women Who Lived for Danger, acclaimed historian Marcus Binney recounts the story of ten remarkable women who were dropped in occupied territories to work as secret agents." "Once they were behind enemy lines, theirs was the most dangerous war of all, as they led apparently normal civilian lives while in constant danger of arrest. They organized dropping grounds for arms and explosives destined for the Resistance, helped operate escape lines for airman who had been shot down over Europe, and provided Allied Command with vital intelligence. SOE women agents came from all walks of life: from the dazzling Polish Countess Krystyna Skarbek (alias Christine Granville) and the American Virginia Hall, who was from a rich Baltimore family, to Marguerite Knight, a secretary in Walthamstow. Petite Lisa de Baissac lived next to Gestapo headquarters in Poitiers playing the part of a quiet widow, while twenty-year-old student Paola Del Din was sent to find a way through the German front line in Florence. Hot-tempered Paddy O'Sullivan deflected a German officer from examining her suitcase by making a date with him, and Alix d'Unienville feigned madness when captured."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aGreat Britain.$bSpecial Operations Executive$vBiography.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service$zGreat Britain.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148499
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xWomen$zGreat Britain.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010118222
650 0 $aWomen intelligence officers$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
852 00 $bbar$hD810.S7$iB49 2003