“An extraordinary profile of immense courage and daring.”—Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Left Cuba “If you only read one WWII book this year, make it this one.”—Natasha Lester, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphans In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation…a gripping historical novel based on the remarkable true … defy the odds to help liberate a nation…a gripping historical novel based on the remarkable true story of World War II heroine Virginia Hall, from the bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl
France, March 1944. Virginia Hall wasn’t like the other young society women back home in Baltimore—she never wanted the debutante ball or silk gloves. Instead, she traded a safe life for adventure in Europe, and when her beloved second home is thrust into the dark days of war, she leaps in headfirst.
Once she’s recruited as an Allied spy, subverting the Nazis becomes her calling. But even the most cunning agent can be bested, and in wartime trusting the wrong person can prove fatal. Virginia is haunted every day by the betrayal that ravaged her first operation, and will do everything in her power to avenge the brave people she lost.
While her future is anything but certain, this time more than ever Virginia knows that failure is not an option. Especially when she discovers what—and whom—she’s truly protecting.
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A novel about Virginia Hall, the gutsy woman who worked for both the SOE and the OSS during World War II, organizing the Macquis fighting the Nazi occupiers. I really enjoyed this book and it made me want to find out more about Hall.
France, 1944. A WWII spy story about the courageous & tenacious life of OSS agent Virginia Hall.
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…how it was framed around a series of organized supply drops which basically repeated with slightly different approaches but effectively killed the suspense.
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…how it showed the humanity & selflessness possible for people to display during the most trying times.
I thought I had it all where WWII was concerned but Erika Robuck has introduced me to another part of the war that intrigues me. Virginia Hall has made herself invisible and takes that skill to help defeat the Nazi’s. She goes to places that most men would not want to go to, she sees things that causes nightmares for many, and she does it without worry of her own wellbeing.
Everything about The Invisible Woman is intriguing. From the different locations that Virginia is needed, the amazing heroes that she meets along the way, the horrific Nazi’s she has to be fearless of, and the communities that she helps as she stays in the various safe house; there is so much history yet it did not feel like I was reading a history lesson. I was reading about a person, place, and war as if it was fiction but there was so much fact.
La Dame Qui Boite–The Lady Who Limps, Most Dangerous of Allied Spies
Author Erika Robuck weaves fictional details with historical facts in The Invisible Woman and the resulting story is one that I won’t soon forget. As I read the amazing feats of OSS agent Virginia Hall, I concluded that she could have also been called a wonder woman as she feverishly worked to aid the war effort while wearing a prosthetic leg she had named Cuthbert. Hall was the ultimate spy and freedom fighter, the only civilian woman to ever be given the United States Distinguished Service Cross., and a CIA operative after the end of WWII.
I love a book that entertains as it enlightens and this book certainly delivers. Robuck stirred my emotions as I was plunged into a world of spies, war, and the uncertainties of justice versus revenge. The Invisible Woman is exceptional historical fiction!
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. There was no obligation for a positive review. These are my own thoughts.