![]() An undercover British agent noticed her, and she was hired by the Special Operations Executive to recruit Resistance workers in France. Despite her disability, Hall drove ambulances for the French army after the war started. Two years later, a gunshot wound in a hunting accident cost her half of her left leg. Despite impressive work, she was barred from taking the diplomatic corps entrance exam for unexplained reasons. Virginia Hall, a spirited young woman from a once-wealthy Baltimore family, embarked on an overseas career as a clerk with the State Department in 1931 after finding that women were not welcome in the Foreign Service. Winston Churchill) vividly resurrects an underappreciated hero and delivers an enthralling story of wartime intrigue. ![]() ![]() ![]() British journalist Purnell ( Clementine: The Life of Mrs. ![]()
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