Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World… (edição: 2011)

Very good informative book about the lesser know women spies of world war two and the woman responsible for them. ( )

Good book very enjoyable and engrossing. Reinforces in my mind that if it hadn't been for us the English would be speaking German. ( )

This book was interesting, heartbreaking and enlightening. It tells the stories of the many men and women who sacrificed their lives, and often their public honor, in the secret battle for information and sabotage, helping the allies win in the war with Germany. It tells of them by their connections to Vera Atkins, the woman who recruited many of them and sent them into the secret battle. Vera, a Romanian with a Jewish background, gave up her identity to be able to serve and live in Britain. What was heartbreaking to me, was the hardheartedness of America and Britain to the plight of the Jews of Europe. This shows that their devastation was not why we went to war, and we handed them over to even more destruction when we were so eager to appease Stalin after the war. This truly is a broken world.
Though some of the information was more detailed than I was interested in, I'm sure others who are more knowledgeable about this war would enjoy them. I enjoyed the anecdotes more than the detailed information; of them were amusing, others horrifying, but all of them were fascinating and my heart went out to those who were brave enough to be involved. ( )