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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari11 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series)
Susan Ottaway

Naval Institute Press, 2002
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Sisterhood of Spies13 reviews
Elizabeth Mcintosh

Dell, 1999

Siterhood of Spies

+ Very informative
+ Great Read and Great People
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
Company of Saints3 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy: An Original Jane Bond Parody12 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Sisterhood of Spies13 reviews
Elizabeth Mcintosh

Dell, 1999

Siterhood of Spies

+ Very informative
+ Great Read and Great People
+ Great Book
  
  











  



  
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Spy: An Original Jane Bond Parody12 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 ...
  
  











  



  
Company of Saints3 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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Red Dancer: The Life and Times of Mata Hari11 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 ...
  
  











  



  
In the Line of Fire: Eight Women War Spies1 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 ...
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Violette Szabo: The Life That I Have (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series)
Susan Ottaway

Naval Institute Press, 2002