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This book details some of the action completed by female secret agents during WWII. Probably only about a third of this book was actually about the woman involved and the writing was very dry. Overall rating 2.5

Perhaps because I've read so many thrillers and World War II stories, I found this absolutely fascinating. It's a group biography of the women recruited as agents during WWII--as couriers, spies, analysts, cryptographers, resistance fighters, and more. They were thoroughly trained--as carefully as t Leggi tutto

RATING: 2 STARS 2017; Chicago Review Press (Review Not on Blog) I was expecting something more focused on women in the war. I also found it hard to get through. I put it down a few times and found it hard to pick back up. It was a bit more dense then I imagined so I started skimming the last 3/4 of the Leggi tutto

I was surprised at how poorly organized this book was - I really expected more from the authors. Others have noted that the first 1/3 of the book is dedicated to Churchill, FDR, and Bill Donovan, which would have been fine had other writers not addressed this period better, in books that were not os Leggi tutto

The title of this book is misleading. Most of the book isn't about the women. There are large sections about the men who set up the SOE and the OSS, and about the history of the war. The last few chapters have vignettes of specific women, but they all run together and jump back and forth so it's dif Leggi tutto

Review of the audiobook narrated by Kate Reading. This book tells the amazing story of the women who fought in Europe during World War II. That’s right. “Fought!” They worked for British MI5 and 6, the SOE, and the American OSS. After training that was as grueling as any soldier would have endured, Leggi tutto

The women involved in World War II espionage work, many of whom paid with their lives for their courageous contributions towards achieving victory over Nazi Germany, are a fascinating subject of which this book gives a decent overview. While much of the first half makes one wonder if it might not ha Leggi tutto

What an important story! However, it was poorly told. The book felt fragmented, did not have a logical flow and really did not give as much attention to the women who stepped up in WWII and made a difference. Very disappointed.

This title appealed because of interest piqued by the Maggie Hope mystery series of Susan Elia MacNeal. Reading this title verifies how accurate those fictional titles are as they detail activities of British and American intelligence agents being dropped into France and Germany to conduct surveilla Leggi tutto

The book was a bit scattered. There was a lot on the formation of the SOE & OSS that has already been extensively covered and doesn't add anything but length to the book. A lot of the womens' stories are fascinating but it is interspersed with a lot of things men did, most of which is covered elsewh Leggi tutto