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1944: Just what were the Virginia networks?
The Invisible Woman
What you need to know before your trail
March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn’t like the other young society women back home in Baltimore – she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst. Once she’s recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost. While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what – and whom – she’s truly protecting.
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Discover the true story of The Innocent Woman
In this book, the author brings to life Virginia Hall Goillot who went into occupied France as a “pianist,” bur helped the Marquis to fight the Nazis. She was the only civilian woman to be awarded the U. S. Distinguished Service Cross, and one of the first women to work for the C.I.A.
The author says:
Dear Reader,
I’ve long been writing about American authors and the women in the shadows of their success. While researching my next forgotten wife, an editor asked, “Instead of writing another ‘wife-of-famous-man’ book, why not write about a woman who is remarkable on her own?” That stopped me in my tracks.
Around that time, Virginia Hall entered my radar in a way I can’t pinpoint, and she’s been haunting me ever since. Virginia is not only a remarkable woman from history who grew up where I did (we are both from Maryland), but she is so extraordinary—in her own right—she could launch a subgenre of “husband-of-famous-woman” books.
I can’t wait for you to read about her unimaginable courage and bravery.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Invisible Woman
Destination/location: France, Germany Author/guide: Erika Robuck Departure Time: 1914
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