Cast No Shadows
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A biography of one of the most successful spies in World War II tells how she used international, high-ranking trysts to pry top-secret information from the enemy and put it into the hands of Allied... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0394575563
ISBN13:9780394575568
Release Date:March 1992
Publisher:Pantheon Books
Length:398 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"
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Move Over, Mata Hari!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Having been weaned on old B & W WWII espionage and romance behind the lines movies, I thought the reality would pall by comparison. How wrong I was! This fascinating look into the life of an unsung heroine of WWII is better than most fictions about the era. It includes lots of juicy details, such as speculating whether Arthur Pack was indeed the father of Betty's first child, Antony, who was fostered out and raised in England by another family, and only visited by his globe-trotting mother a couple of times during his childhood. Such tid bits, along with analysis of Betty's personality and why she was so promiscuous, make this an entertaining and stimulating read. There is no question that Betty Thorpe Pack was capable of being both seductive and abrasive by turns. What emerges is a picture of a thoroughly human individual who used her strengths and failings to aid in her country's defense. An overlooked story in the history of women.
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