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Female spies
Women secret agents and female spies completed some of the most daring and duplicitous missions in history, using everything in their power to gain information, and risking it all for a cause – or causes – they believed in.
Discover their real lives behind the censored case files, from Mata Hari’s disastrous attempt at espionage to Noor Inayat Kahn’s defiance under torture, and Vera Eriksen’s enigmatic role in British Intelligence. Each of these female agents should be brought out from the shadows of time, their missions analysed and their skills at observation, deception and intelligence applauded.
Female secret agents
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Vera Eriksen: The Second World War’s most enigmatic spy
Of all the female spies during the Second World War, Vera Eriksen is perhaps the most mysterious. But who was she?
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Seven of the bravest female secret agents
Douglas Boyd presents seven women who risked everything to spy
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Mathilde Carré: The Second World War’s ‘exceedingly dangerous woman’
Mathilde Carré went by many names, and she was one of the Second World War’s most dangerous double agents.
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Odette: World War Two’s darling spy?
The first woman to be awarded the George Cross became as controversial as she was celebrated
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Elaine Madden: Unsung heroine of the SOE
One of only two women employed by SOE’s T Section
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Was Mata Hari condemned because of her sexuality?
Mata Hari’s downfall wasn’t due to her spycraft skills...
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Mrs Zigzag: A double agent’s wife
The extraordinary life of a secret agent’s wife
