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BOOKS - BEST SELLING BOOKS -- A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE AMERICAN SPY WHO HELPED WIN WORLD WAR-II

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  A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II  Paperback ā€“ March 24, 2020 Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by  NPR , the New York Public Library, Amazon, the  Seattle Times , the  Washington Independent Review of Books ,  PopSugar , the  Minneapolis Star Tribune , BookBrowse, the  Spectator , and the  Times of London Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography ā€œE xcellentā€¦This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down .ā€ --  The New York Times Book Review "A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people -- and a little resistance." -  NPR "A meticiulous history that reads like a thriller."  -  Ben Macintyre A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of  Clementine. In 1942, the Gestapo sent out an urgent transmission: "She...