LEADER 01741cam a2200397Ia 4500001    214074
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008    101209s2007    nyuab    b    001 0 eng d
020    1400031400
020    9781400031405
035    (OCoLC)ocn170955739
035    214074
049    LHMA
040    YDXCP |beng |erda |cYDXCP |dBAKER |dBKL |dJBO |dTJC |dTXG |dO2O |dLHM
050 00 D810.S8 |bA86 2007
100 1  Helm, Sarah.
245 12 A life in secrets : |bVera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII / |cSarah Helm.
246 30 Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII
250    First Anchor Books edition.
264  1 New York : |bAnchor, |c2007.
300    xxviii, 493 pages : |billustrations, map ; |c21 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-480) and index.
520    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.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Atkins, Vera, |d1908-2000.
610 10 Great Britain. |bSpecial Operations Executive.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xSecret service |zGreat Britain.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xUnderground movements |zFrance.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xMissing in action |zFrance.
650  0 Intelligence officers |zGreat Britain |vBiography.
650  0 Women intelligence officers |zGreat Britain |vBiography.
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
852 0   |bstacks |hD810.S8 |iA86 2007