The Spy Who Loved

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*The Spy Who Loved* tells the remarkable story of Christine Granville, Britain's first female Special Agent of World War II. Murdered in 1952, her survival through the war was extraordinary. A Polish aristocrat, Granville fled to Britain and was recruited into intelligence, embarking on high-risk missions across occupied Poland, North Africa, and France, where an agent's life expectancy was only six weeks. Her courage, quick wit, and determination repeatedly secured her release from arrest and saved fellow officers—including lovers—from Gestapo execution. Granville's vital intelligence significantly aided the Allied war effort, earning her the George Medal, OBE, and Croix de Guerre. Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley chronicles the extraordinary life of this charismatic, difficult, and fearless woman.