![]() ![]() All along, she defies gender-role obstacles deployed by intransigent and often bumbling male opposition, much of it officers who outrank her.īut here’s the real stunner in this bold and fearless woman’s saga, a factor that might have deterred (or disqualified) a less-determined individual: Hall’s right leg is missing below the knee. ![]() Author Sonia Purnell has turned out a thoroughly gripping and inspiring account bristling with real-life suspense of an American’s unlikely role in the struggle against Hitler’s occupying forces.Įxpert in evasion, close combat, and disguise, Hall repeatedly eludes her pursuers - Gestapo and Vichy collaborators alike - from 1940 through the Nazi retreat from France in early 1945. A Woman of No Importance chronicles the remarkable life of Virginia Hall, a decorated behind-the-lines operative for the Allies in Vichy France in WWII. ![]()
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