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What is A Woman of No Importance about?
The never-before-told story of one woman's heroism that changed the course of the Second World War In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her." The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and—despite her prosthetic leg—helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it. Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike... Title Page 2 Copyright 3 Dedication 4 Epigraph 5 Map 6 List of Characters 7 Contents 9 Prologue 11 Chapter One: The Dream 17 Chapter Two: Cometh the Hour 36 Chapter Three: My Tart Friends 63 Chapter Four: Good-Bye to Dindy 89 Chapter Five: Tw
Who reads A Woman of No Importance?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sonia Purnell
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Language
- EN
- Category
- humor
- Rating
- 3.87 / 5 (7,107 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13