A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE

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Abacus, 2006 - Intelligence officers - 463 pages
Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed her way to the top in Special Operations Executive, or SOE, Britain's secret service created to help the resistance efforts in Nazi-occupied countries. Drawing on recently released government files and unprecedented access to family papers, Helm vividly reconstructs a complex and extraordinary life.

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A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE
Sarah Helm
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About the author (2006)

Sarah Helm was a reporter on the SUNDAY TIMES and Diplomatic Editor for the INDEPENDENT before becoming Jerusalem and then Brussels correspondent for the same paper. Now a freelance writer, Sarah was invited to undertake this project by the family of Vera Atkins.

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TitleA Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE
AuthorSarah Helm
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherAbacus, 2006
ISBN0349119368, 9780349119366
Length463 pages
  
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