The Improbable Heroine

The Improbable Heroine
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 9783110778540
ISBN-13 : 3110778548
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Book Synopsis The Improbable Heroine by : Stylianos Perrakis

Download or read book The Improbable Heroine written by Stylianos Perrakis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first biography in English of a World War II heroine of the Greek resistance, who joined the British secret intelligence services (SIS) shortly after the German occupation of Athens and was betrayed, arrested and executed one month before the Germans’ departure. She was a prosperous housewife with seven children, who had no experience in politics or military affairs, and yet she managed to build a formidable escape, espionage and sabotage organization that interacted with the highest levels of SIS agents in Occupied Greece. Book Presentation with Prof. Stylianos Perrakis (Concordia University), Prof. Stathis Kalyvas (University of Oxford), and Prof. Gonda van Steen (King’s College London)


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