169,232, 381–82, 444–47; recruits Nancy Roberts 41–43; relationship with Buckmaster 41, 43–44, 49–50, 53–55, 129,458; anxieties about Khan 51–52; naturalisation 54–56, 59, 141, 384, 386; responsibilities for women agents 59–60; ...
In A LIFE IN SECRETS Sarah Helm has stripped away Vera's many veils and -- with unprecedented access to official and private papers, and the cooperation of Vera's relatives -- vividly reconstructed an extraordinary life.
The definitive account of an absorbing double mystery: thefates of the missing female SOE agents and the truth about the womanwho searched for them
Describes the life and espionage career of Vera Atkins, a talented agent who rose to the top of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British secret service dedicated to aiding resistance efforts throughout Nazi-occupied Europe, ...
A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE