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Books by Sonia Purnell

Sonia Purnell is a British journalist and a bestselling author. She has written three acclaimed biographies: “Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition,” “Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill,” and “A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II.”

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A Woman of No Importance

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“A Woman of No Importance” by Sonia Purnell is an exceptional biography of an exceptional woman: Virginia Hall, a one-legged socialite from Baltimore who fought against bigotry and prejudice to become a pioneering agent in the British SOE, one of the leading organizers of the French Resistance, and the most successful American female spy of World War II.

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