Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy
(2022)
By:
Lewis, Damien
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/BAKER,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : PublicAffairs, 2022
EDITION
First US edition
DESCRIPTION
xxvi, 466 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781541700666, 154170066X :, 154170066X, 9781541700666
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers this little-known history of the famous singer's life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers--a cover for her spying work--Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served--the US, France, and Britain"--