Description: 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 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 Pantheon.
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EAN: 9781541700673
UPC: 9781541700673
ISBN: 9781541700673
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Agent Josephine : American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
Number of Pages: 512 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Year: 2023
Topic: Women, Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, African American
Item Height: 1.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Author: Damien Lewis
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
