Medium – Book About the Book – Witold Pilecki is an underground operative working in Poland during the Nazi Occupation in 1940. During this time, to live in Poland was terrible, with those who were seen as intellectuals, as well as priests, homosexuals, the disabled and Jews, taken to concentration camps – of which oneContinue reading “2021 Book #51 – The Volunteer”
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2021 Book #37 – The Women who Spied for Britain
Medium – Book About the Book – The author briefly discusses the lives of some of the most famous female spies of WW2 – women like Christine Granville, Odette Sansom, Violette Szabo and Noor Inyat Khan. The women are taken individually, and their lives discussed – from their births, to their education and childhood, relationships,Continue reading “2021 Book #37 – The Women who Spied for Britain”
TBR Pile #20 – Orphan, Monster, Spy
Medium – Book About the Book – Sarah is a blond-haired, blue-eyed Jewish girl living in the heart of Nazi Germany. When trying to escape, her mother is killed at a roadblock and Sarah is left injured and lost, chased by dogs. She is taken in by Captain Jeremy Floyd, a spy for the BritishContinue reading “TBR Pile #20 – Orphan, Monster, Spy”
Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice
Prompt – A book from a series with more than 20 books. Medium – Book About the Book – The 19th book in the Tortall series, and the first in a short series (Daughter of the Lioness), the book tells the story of Alianne, the daughter of the King’s Champion, Alanna, and the King’s spymaster,Continue reading “Book #28 – Trickster’s Choice”
Book #26 – Agent Jack
Prompt – The First book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed. Medium – Book About the Book – The true story of a MI5 agent who worked with Fifth Columnists during WW2, Robert Hutton tells the story of Eric Roberts, code-named Agent Jack. Roberts operated within England during the Second World War,Continue reading “Book #26 – Agent Jack”
Book #2 – Spymaster
Prompt – ‘A book set in a country beginning with C’ (full disclosure, I kind of stretched the prompt here, as this book isn’t solely set in a country beginning with C, but does contain scenes in Cuba and China). Medium – Book About the book – this book is about Sir Maurice Oldfield, theContinue reading “Book #2 – Spymaster”
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