A life in secrets : Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
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Wood Library Association - Canandaigua - Adult Nonfiction | 940.54 HEL | Checked out |
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Atkins, Vera, -- 1908-2000
Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive
Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
Great Britain. -- Special Operations Executive
Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography
Women intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Missing in action -- France.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
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xxviii, 493 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-480) and index.
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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 twelve 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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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Helm, S. (2007). A life in secrets: Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII . Anchor.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Helm, Sarah. 2007. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. Anchor.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Helm, Sarah. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII Anchor, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Helm, Sarah. A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII Anchor, 2007.
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