Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / Damian Lewis.
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 ٢negroes and Jews.٣ 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 this 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 work-Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and emerged as a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served-the US, France, and Britain. Drawing on a plethora of new historical material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Lewis upends the conventional story of Josephine Baker, explaining why she fully deserves her unique place in the French Panthéon. Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541700666
- ISBN: 154170066X
- Physical Description: xxvi, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition: First US edition.
- Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-452) and index. |
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Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 9 of 12 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at De Soto.
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- 1 current hold with 12 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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De Soto Public Library | B BAKER Josephine (Text) | 33858000016428 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Agent Josephine : American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
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Table of Contents
Agent Josephine : American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Author's Note | p. ix | |
Preface | p. xv | |
Chapter 1 | A Traitor Unmasked | p. 1 |
Chapter 2 | An Honourable Spy | p. 23 |
Chapter 3 | From Paris With Love | p. 39 |
Chapter 4 | A Most Sensational Woman | p. 51 |
Chapter 5 | The Darkness Descends | p. 61 |
Chapter 6 | It Can't Always Be Caviar | p. 77 |
Chapter 7 | The Enemy At The Gates | p. 93 |
Chapter 8 | The Iron Resistance | p. 107 |
Chapter 9 | Stardom, Her Cloak And Her Dagger | p. 117 |
Chapter 10 | The Black Angel | p. 135 |
Chapter 11 | Invisible Ink And Secret Steamships | p. 151 |
Chapter 12 | On The Gestapo Hitlist | p. 165 |
Chapter 13 | Abandon All Hope | p. 179 |
Chapter 14 | Unbreakable | p. 193 |
Chapter 15 | The Twelve Apostles | p. 206 |
Chapter 16 | Dances With Death | p. 217 |
Chapter 17 | Operation Josephine B | p. 233 |
Chapter 18 | Operation Underworld | p. 249 |
Chapter 19 | Captured, Imprisoned | p. 262 |
Chapter 20 | The Grim Reaper Calls | p. 278 |
Chapter 21 | Lighting The Torch | p. 295 |
Chapter 22 | Die Another Day | p. 308 |
Chapter 23 | Into The Heat And Dust | p. 328 |
Chapter 24 | Liberation Day | p. 339 |
Chapter 25 | A Song For Buchenwald | p. 353 |
Epilogue | p. 365 | |
Acknowledgements | p. 389 | |
A Note on Sources | p. 397 | |
Selected Bibliography | p. 399 | |
Sources | p. 403 | |
Notes | p. 411 | |
Index | p. 453 | |
Association for the Defence and the Memory of Colonel Remy | p. 467 |