A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII. by Sarah Helm

A Life in Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII.

Sarah Helm

528 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative slow-paced

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Once rumored to have been the inspiration for Ian Fleming's Miss Moneypenny, Vera Atkins climbed her way to the top in the Special Operations Executive, or SOE: Britain's secret service created to help build up, organize, and arm the resistance in...

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dark 75%
informative 75%
adventurous 50%
emotional 50%
mysterious 50%
reflective 25%
sad 25%

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slow 40%

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