Agent Most Wanted

The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II

By: Sonia Purnell

Narrated by: Caroline Hewitt

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

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

“Excellent…This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down.” -- 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 is the most dangerous of all Allied spies. We must find and destroy her."

The target in their sights was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who talked her way into Special Operations Executive, the spy organization dubbed Winston Churchill's "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare." She became the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines and--despite her prosthetic leg--helped to light the flame of the French Resistance, revolutionizing secret warfare as we know it.

Virginia established vast spy networks throughout France, called weapons and explosives down from the skies, and became a linchpin for the Resistance. Even as her face covered wanted posters and a bounty was placed on her head, Virginia refused order after order to evacuate. She finally escaped through a death-defying hike over the Pyrenees into Spain, her cover blown. But she plunged back in, adamant that she had more lives to save, and led a victorious guerilla campaign, liberating swathes of France from the Nazis after D-Day.

Based on new and extensive research, Sonia Purnell has for the first time uncovered the full secret life of Virginia Hall--an astounding and inspiring story of heroism, spycraft, resistance, and personal triumph over shocking adversity. A Woman of No Importance is the breathtaking story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.

Not my favorite

It is not my favorite story for true story’s I like to listen to true crime but I liked the story and the pictures in the physical book that I looked at while listening to the audiobook

A force of her own

A tale of fearless resistance to tyranny, a true heroine and leader. Very well read. Worth the listen.

My Favorite Spy!

This is a great story! This woman is brilliant, fearless, determined and so much more. I was first introduced to her on another Audible book with this same Narrator and it was amazing!!! I've watched movies, read books, etc. Ms. Hewitt, the narrator, seems to know this character very well and I say that after listening to the other book too! It's worth it to listen!!

Stellar hero

What a compelling account of Virginia Hall’s life. She was a superhero.
Excellent and compassionately narrated.

I was bored

Emongus bordem hit me
It was boring the got interesting
So yea you should read boook