A Woman of No Importance

Discover the gripping story of Virginia Hall - World War Two’s Most Dangerous Spy

A Woman of No Importance tells the incredible story of Virginia Hall – the most important female spy in the Second World War, the Gestapo’s most urgent target and a crucial force in the French Resistance.

In 1942, the Gestapo would stop at nothing to track down a mysterious 'limping lady' who was fighting for the freedom of France. The Nazi chiefs issued a simple but urgent command: 'She is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her.'

The Gestapo's target was Virginia Hall, a glamorous American with a wooden leg who broke through the barriers against her gender and disability to be the first woman to infiltrate Vichy France for the SOE. In so doing she helped turn the course of the intelligence war.

This is the epic tale of an heiress who determined that a hunting accident would not define her existence; a young woman who gambled her life to fight for the freedoms she believed in; an espionage novice who helped to light the flame of French Resistance.

Join author Sonia Purnell to discover this incredible story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity.

Sonia Purnell is a journalist and bestselling author. Her first book - the unauthorised biography of Boris Johnson called Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition - was long listed for the Orwell prize in 2011. A Woman of No Importance is her latest book.

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