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A life in secrets : Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII / Sarah Helm.

Publication | Library Call Number: D810.S8 A86 2007

Describes the life and espionage career of Vera Atkins, a talented agent who rose to the top of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British secret service dedicated to aiding resistance efforts throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Variant Title: Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Helm, Sarah.
Published: New York : Anchor, 2007
Locale: Great Britain
France
Language: English
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed

Physical Description: xxviii, 493 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 1400031400
9781400031405
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-480) and index.
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action--France.
Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
Women intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
Atkins, Vera,--1908-2000.
Great Britain.--Special Operations Executive.
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