Agent Josephine American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
eBook - 2022
The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Vanity Fair, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall diva renowned for her singing and dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the highest-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all “negroes and Jews.” Yet instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight, she went from performer to Resistance spy. In Agent Josephine, bestselling author Damien Lewis uncovers thi...s little-known history of the famous singer’s life. During the war years, as a member of the French Nurse paratroopers—a cover for her spying...
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- Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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| ASIN | B09G2RBZJL |
| Release Date | 7/12/2022 |
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| ISBN | 9781541700680 |
| Release Date | 7/12/2022 |
