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Showing posts with label special agents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label special agents. Show all posts
Monday, 11 March 2019

Perhaps this International Women’s Day, we might consider judging women for their agency!

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Article originally published on the  Andante Travel Website as an interview with Clare The women of the Special Operations Executive...
Monday, 29 December 2014

Blue Plaque-tastic!

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This week I was thrilled to learn that Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, the first woman to work for Britain as a special agent dur...
Wednesday, 1 October 2014

On Hide and Seek

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This month The Folio Society republished one of the great memoirs of the Second World War: Xan Fielding’s Hide and Seek . Described by Anton...
Saturday, 21 September 2013

Found in translation?

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Last week my biography of Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granville, the first woman to work for Britain as a special agent in the Second Wo...
Wednesday, 21 August 2013

The Final Possession?

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As a historical biographer, I aim to capture the spirit of people on paper. And yet my latest subject, Krystyna Skarbek, aka Christine Granv...
Thursday, 11 April 2013

The Spy Who Loved

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First published in the "History on an Hour" blogsite,  2013 One can’t help but gasp with admiration at the life and exploits of ...
Monday, 9 July 2012

Christine Granville – The Spy Who Loved

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Despite having a life expectancy of only a few months during her operational missions, Christine volunteered to serve in three different the...