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By Sisman, Adamc2015., Adult, Alfred A Knopf Canada Call No: Bio C314s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona in this authorized biography, shining a spotlight on David John Moore Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight. Of course, the pseudonym John le Carré has helped to keep the public at a distance. During the 1950s and the 1960s, Cornwell worked for the Security Service and the Secret Intelligence Service, and began writing novels using his now famous name. Sisman probes Cornwell's unusual upbringing, abandoned by his mother at the age of only five and raised by his con man father (when not in prison), and explores his background in British intelligence, as well as his struggle to become a writer, and his personal life. Sisman has had unfettered access to le Carré's private archive, talked to the most important people in his life, and interviewed the man himself at length"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII.By Helm, Sarah2005., Nan A. Talese Call No: Bio A873h Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britainœs premiere secret agents during World War II.As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in Nazi-occupied France. After the war, Atkins courageously committed herself to a dangerous search for twelve of her most cherished women spies who had gone missing in action. Drawing on previously unavailable sources, Sarah Helm chronicles Atkinsœs extraordinary life and her singular journey through the chaos of post-war Europe. Brimming with intrigue, heroics, honor, and the horrors of war, A Life in Secrets is the story of a grand, elusive woman and a tour de force of investigative journalism.
