| Edition |
First US edition. |
| Description |
xxvi, 466 pages, [16] pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain in 2022 by Quercus Editions Ltd. |
| Contents |
A traitor unmasked -- An honourable spy -- From Paris with love -- A most sensational woman -- The darkness descends -- It can't always be caviar -- The enemy at the gates -- The iron resistance -- Stardom, her cloak and her dagger -- The black angel -- Invisible ink and secret steamships -- On the Gestapo hitlist -- Abandon all hope -- Unbreakable -- The twelve apostles -- Dances with death -- Operation Josephine B -- Operation Underworld -- Captured, imprisoned -- The grim reaper calls -- Lighting the torch -- Die another day -- Into the heat and dust -- Liberation day -- A song for Buchenwald -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-452) and index. |
| Subject |
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.
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Women spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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African American women dancers -- France -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- African Americans -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- France -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781541700666 (hardcover) |
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154170066X (hardcover) |
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