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Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War (Notable Americans) 1 review Peggy Caravantes
Morgan Reynolds Publishing, 2002
Details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War
Peggy Caravantes' Petticoat Spies details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War, telling of women who found unusual ways to participate in the war on both Confederate and Union sides. Descriptions and events read like fiction with high drama, but are based on facts. Both will intrigue ...
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The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari 11 reviews Richard Skinner
Ecco, 2002
A woman victim of weak personalities....
+ entertaining read, good historical novel + History in narrartive
Strange how Paris was associated with such type of exotic oriental style dancers who, by the end of the day, became involved in espionage activities.
This brunette mundane woman was alleged to have had experience shared by high-ranking military officers of Russian, German, and French ...
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Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) Susan Ottaway
Naval Institute Press, 2002
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Mata Hari (1931) 15 reviews Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro
MGM (Warner), 1998
simply a solemn interpretation
+ What ever you do, don't put out The Madonna's Holy light. + Fantasy Love Story + Not really great, but worth watching
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In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies 1 review George Sullivan
Econo-Clad Books, 1999
A demonstration that women took a very active role in the making of world history
In many ways, especially in the past, it was easier for a woman to be a spy than a man. There was the strong social bias that women were the weaker sex, less intelligent, too emotional for the psychological rigors of spying and the chivalrous notion that men must protect women. Furthermore, since ...
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Sisterhood of Spies 13 reviews Elizabeth Mcintosh
Dell, 1999
Siterhood of Spies
+ Very informative + Great Read and Great People + Great Book
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Company of Saints 3 reviews Evelyn Anthony
Putnam Pub Group (T), 1984
plot...
+ A cold war thriller
Davina Graham, newly appointed head of British Intelligence, begins a Venetian holiday. Her plans change abruptly when a bomb is thrown at the vacationing American Secretary of Defense. Within weeks, the assassins strike at a French diplomat, a British priest, even a KGB agent. Trusting noone, not ...
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy: An Original Jane Bond Parody 12 reviews Mabel Maney
Harper Paperbacks, 2001
A definate "Must Read"
+ Great fun! + Wonderfully surprising
This was the first of Mabel Maneys books I read, and I have to say that I fell in love with it right from the start. It is unlike any other book I have read. It is extremely witty and I couln't stop reading it! I felt like I was riding the story with Jane and when it ended, I sat for a moment ...
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Petticoat Spies: Six Women Spies of the Civil War (Notable Americans) 1 review Peggy Caravantes
Morgan Reynolds Publishing, 2002
Details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War
Peggy Caravantes' Petticoat Spies details the lives of six women spies of the Civil War, telling of women who found unusual ways to participate in the war on both Confederate and Union sides. Descriptions and events read like fiction with high drama, but are based on facts. Both will intrigue ...
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Sisterhood of Spies 13 reviews Elizabeth Mcintosh
Dell, 1999
Siterhood of Spies
+ Very informative + Great Read and Great People + Great Book
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Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy: An Original Jane Bond Parody 12 reviews Mabel Maney
Harper Paperbacks, 2001
A definate "Must Read"
+ Great fun! + Wonderfully surprising
This was the first of Mabel Maneys books I read, and I have to say that I fell in love with it right from the start. It is unlike any other book I have read. It is extremely witty and I couln't stop reading it! I felt like I was riding the story with Jane and when it ended, I sat for a moment ...
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Company of Saints 3 reviews Evelyn Anthony
Putnam Pub Group (T), 1984
plot...
+ A cold war thriller
Davina Graham, newly appointed head of British Intelligence, begins a Venetian holiday. Her plans change abruptly when a bomb is thrown at the vacationing American Secretary of Defense. Within weeks, the assassins strike at a French diplomat, a British priest, even a KGB agent. Trusting noone, not ...
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The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari 11 reviews Richard Skinner
Ecco, 2002
A woman victim of weak personalities....
+ entertaining read, good historical novel + History in narrartive
Strange how Paris was associated with such type of exotic oriental style dancers who, by the end of the day, became involved in espionage activities.
This brunette mundane woman was alleged to have had experience shared by high-ranking military officers of Russian, German, and French ...
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In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies 1 review George Sullivan
Econo-Clad Books, 1999
A demonstration that women took a very active role in the making of world history
In many ways, especially in the past, it was easier for a woman to be a spy than a man. There was the strong social bias that women were the weaker sex, less intelligent, too emotional for the psychological rigors of spying and the chivalrous notion that men must protect women. Furthermore, since ...
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Mata Hari (1931) 15 reviews Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro
MGM (Warner), 1998
simply a solemn interpretation
+ What ever you do, don't put out The Madonna's Holy light. + Fantasy Love Story + Not really great, but worth watching
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Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series) Susan Ottaway
Naval Institute Press, 2002
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