Overview
- Summary
- 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.
- Variant Title
- Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Anchor, 2007
- Locale
- Great Britain
France - Edition
- First Anchor Books edition
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-480) and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1400031400
9781400031405 - Physical Description
- xxviii, 493 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- 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. Biographies. Atkins, Vera,--1908-2000. Great Britain.--Special Operations Executive.
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