--- product_id: 9035022 title: "Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II" price: "24849CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/9035022-spymistress-the-true-story-of-the-greatest-female-secret-agent store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II **Price:** 24849CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II - **How much does it cost?** 24849CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/9035022-spymistress-the-true-story-of-the-greatest-female-secret-agent) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description New York Times Bestseller! By the author of A Man Called Intrepid . The story of Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of Honor She was stunning. She was ruthless. She was brilliant and had a will of iron. Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest, she became Vera Atkins. William Stephenson, the spymaster who would later be known as “Intrepid”, recruited her when she was twenty-three. Vera spent most of the 1930s running too many dangerous espionage missions to count. When World War II began in 1939, her many skills made her one of the leaders of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by, and reporting to, Winston Churchill. She trained and recruited hundreds of agents, including dozens of women. Their job was to seamlessly penetrate deep behind the enemy lines. As General Dwight D. Eisenhower said, the fantastic exploits and extraordinary courage of the SOE agents and the French Resistance fighters “shortened the war by many months.” They are celebrated, as they should be. But Vera Atkins’s central role was hidden until after she died; Author William Stevenson promised to wait and publish her story posthumously. Now, Vera Atkins can be celebrated and known for the hero she was: the woman whose beauty, intelligence, and unwavering dedication proved key in turning the tide of World War II. Review: A book that will fill you with admiration and dread - Excellent. This book displays, better than most of the dozens I have read, the complexity and importance of information, espionage, counter-espionage, spreading false information and other deceptions. This deadly game of matching wits with the enemy in a war that will decide the fate of the world is as disturbing as it is fascinating. More disturbing are the horrors of war- torture of agents, retribution against collaborators- is sickening and shows a side of Western civilization we prefer to pretend never existed. The impact of underground activities like sabotage cannot be understated s to their importance. For example, a thousand trains were disrupted trying to carry German troops to Normandy to push the allies back into the sea. Germany might well have prevailed had these fighters made it to the fragile beachheads. I have always admired the England for its tenacity and fighting spirit that led the world against Nazi Germany. However, when reading of the personal ambition, palace intrigue, politics and anti-Jewish prejudices, one wonders how a single battle was won by the British. The book also brings to light the many crucial contributions of other European nations, especially the Polish. The description of Polish pilots training British pilots new, modern tactics to fight the Luftwaffe is enlightening. When you finally close this book you will be filled with admiration for Vera Rosenberg, amazed by her resolve, strength and intellect and grieved by the crushing weight of the burdens she bore. Equally, or at least in my experience, you will fear the horrors of war, and fear more the consequences of weakness and appeasement that set the stage for war. Review: Zard review of "Spymistress" - I enjoyed this book even though it was a tough read. It was like reading Churchill's books on WWII. You simply cannot try to remember all of the names and dates. You read to catch the flow of events. Churchill's books take you inside WWII at the top level. Spymistress takes you in at the bottom level and an invisible one at that. Vera was a brave, fascinating and determined women. The books starts with post WWI and takes you through the 30's and 40's and then events that happened after the was that tie the story up into an end. You meet the brave in this book. They are unknown or forgotten or cannot be talked about because of security. And if they were captured they were lucky if they were sent to a prison camp but not a Dachau type of camp. Mostly they were tortured and then killed or shipped off to be killed. Sometime Vera's (The Spymistress) worst enemies were the people she was fighting for, the British and the French. You would think they were the mortal enemies and not Germany. What a lonely job. This is the third type of war story. You have the famous story tellers like Winston Churchill and then you have the stores told by the combat fighters (army, navy, air force, etc.) and then you have the spies. They cannot even tell their story. Vera's story was not told until after her death based on her request. This is another view of WWII and there is no glory here. Just a lot of brave people. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #78,512 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #37 in Espionage True Accounts #69 in Historical British Biographies #79 in Military Strategy History (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 2,995 Reviews | ## Images ![Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71A75AxqLUL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book that will fill you with admiration and dread *by J***S on July 21, 2016* Excellent. This book displays, better than most of the dozens I have read, the complexity and importance of information, espionage, counter-espionage, spreading false information and other deceptions. This deadly game of matching wits with the enemy in a war that will decide the fate of the world is as disturbing as it is fascinating. More disturbing are the horrors of war- torture of agents, retribution against collaborators- is sickening and shows a side of Western civilization we prefer to pretend never existed. The impact of underground activities like sabotage cannot be understated s to their importance. For example, a thousand trains were disrupted trying to carry German troops to Normandy to push the allies back into the sea. Germany might well have prevailed had these fighters made it to the fragile beachheads. I have always admired the England for its tenacity and fighting spirit that led the world against Nazi Germany. However, when reading of the personal ambition, palace intrigue, politics and anti-Jewish prejudices, one wonders how a single battle was won by the British. The book also brings to light the many crucial contributions of other European nations, especially the Polish. The description of Polish pilots training British pilots new, modern tactics to fight the Luftwaffe is enlightening. When you finally close this book you will be filled with admiration for Vera Rosenberg, amazed by her resolve, strength and intellect and grieved by the crushing weight of the burdens she bore. Equally, or at least in my experience, you will fear the horrors of war, and fear more the consequences of weakness and appeasement that set the stage for war. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Zard review of "Spymistress" *by M***L on June 11, 2018* I enjoyed this book even though it was a tough read. It was like reading Churchill's books on WWII. You simply cannot try to remember all of the names and dates. You read to catch the flow of events. Churchill's books take you inside WWII at the top level. Spymistress takes you in at the bottom level and an invisible one at that. Vera was a brave, fascinating and determined women. The books starts with post WWI and takes you through the 30's and 40's and then events that happened after the was that tie the story up into an end. You meet the brave in this book. They are unknown or forgotten or cannot be talked about because of security. And if they were captured they were lucky if they were sent to a prison camp but not a Dachau type of camp. Mostly they were tortured and then killed or shipped off to be killed. Sometime Vera's (The Spymistress) worst enemies were the people she was fighting for, the British and the French. You would think they were the mortal enemies and not Germany. What a lonely job. This is the third type of war story. You have the famous story tellers like Winston Churchill and then you have the stores told by the combat fighters (army, navy, air force, etc.) and then you have the spies. They cannot even tell their story. Vera's story was not told until after her death based on her request. This is another view of WWII and there is no glory here. Just a lot of brave people. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely Stunning! *by S***1 on June 10, 2017* I found this book in a thrift s hop for 50 cents. I didn't have time to read it so I gave it to my uncle, who is a 26 year U,S. Marine veteran with lots of recon experience. He liked it so well that he read it twice. He said it was one of the most personal discipussions of espionage that he ever read. Finally, I has time to read it for myself and was shocked. I have read extensively about World War 2, but there are so many things revealed in this book that I had never read before. This book is a must read for anyone interested in WW2. Plus, there are references available in the notes in the Notes to this book so more information should be available for those interested. It is sad that apparently the British government decided to destroy much of the SOE records. The U.S. is probably not much better. Anyway, I highly recommend this book for t he WW2 history enthusiast. One of the most shocking tidbits that both my uncle and I recognized was statistically how much more efficient the spy network and the resistance were in hampering and/or destroying Nazi resources than the Allied military. No wonder the military - industrial complex wants to keep espionage a secret; otherwise they would be fired by the taxpayers! I hope those who pickup this book enjoy it as much as my uncle and I did. In fact, I may read this book a second time as well. Btw, pay attention to who wrote this book. 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