Agent Josephine American beauty, French hero, British spy
"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....
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| Language: | English |
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Lewis, Damien, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Agent Josephine : |b American beauty, French hero, British spy / |c Damien Lewis. |
| 250 | |a First US edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b PublicAffairs, |c 2022. | |
| 264 | 4 | |c Ã2022 | |
| 300 | |a xxvi, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (chiefly color) ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 336 | |a still image |b sti |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2022 by Quercus Editions Ltd. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-452) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a "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"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Baker, Josephine, |d 1906-1975. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Women spies |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a African American women dancers |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |z France |x African Americans |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Women |z France |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Underground movements. | |
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