6.29 The Spymaster, the Commander and the Cat

James Boulton

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We kick off a two-part anthology following legendary women who operated at the absolute extremes of the Second World War, from Baker Street’s chain-smoking chief of staff, Vera Atkins and cosmetics-toting guerrilla commander, Pearl Witherington, to the traitor Mathilde Carré, who traded eighty comrades for a fur coat.

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6.28 Virginia Hall (5) The Madonna of the Mountains

James Boulton

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Virginia heads south into the Haute Loire, where she will deal with some titanic egos, drive trains into gorges and liberate an entire department without any Allied back-up - before facing the far scarier prospect of peacetime.

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6.27 Virginia Hall (4) Chin up, and tail over the dashboard

James Boulton

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After escaping Spain and returning to Occupied France as an OSS operative, Virginia orchestrates a high-stakes campaign of sabotage and guerrilla warfare to pave the way for D-Day.

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6.26 Virginia Hall (3) The Devil in the Dog Collar

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Fresh from her greatest success, the honeymoon phase is officially over for Virginia Hall. Under attack from all sides and with her network penetrated, she is forced to risk everything on a treacherous winter escape.

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6.25 Virginia Hall (2) The Limping Lady of Lyon

James Boulton

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Virginia arrives in Occupied Europe and sets Vichy France alight, using a unique network made up of brothel madams, spinster antiquarians and corset-merchants. And when the suits in Baker Street try to pull her out, she plans one of the most audacious prison breaks of the war.

6.24 Virginia Hall (1) A companion called Cuthbert

James Boulton

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Dismissed by her own government as a one-legged clerk who "talked too much," Virginia Hall traded the stifling confines of the Maryland elite for 1920s Paris and then the sound of the guns in France in 1940.

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6.23 Noor Inayat Khan (2) Night and fog

James Boulton

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In the heart of occupied Paris, a pacifist with a radio suitcase becomes the last operator standing—and the Gestapo’s most elusive target.

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6.22 Noor Inayat Khan (1) The Pacifist Princess

James Boulton

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Deemed "not overburdened with brains" and morally opposed to lying, Noor Inayat Khan was the last person you'd send into Nazi-occupied France.

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6.21 Christine Granville (4) The Countess Below Decks

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She survived blizzards, the Gestapo and firing squads, but can Britain's first female World War II spy survive the peace?

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6.20 Christine Granville (3) The Digne Jailbreak

James Boulton

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Christine Granville parachutes into occupied France, trading shadows for the front lines, and risks everything on a daring bluff when all hope seems lost.

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