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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informative 83%
adventurous 50%
dark 50%
emotional 50%
mysterious 33%
reflective 33%
sad 33%
challenging 16%
tense 16%

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slow 28%
fast 14%

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