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A stunning biographical achievement -- Alison Weir Clare Mulley tells her story with a bravura that matches Christine's charismatic character Saga A fine account of Christine Granville's extraordinary war, told with skill and care ... Mulley succeeds in making her human ...inspiring Literary Review Compulsively readable ... Clare Mulley has done a dogged piece of detective work piecing together Christine's ultimately tragic life. Understandably obsessed by her charismatic subject, she has written a thrilling book and paid due homage to a difficult woman who seized life with both hands Daily Telegraph

<p> A stunning biographical achievement. -- Alison Weir, New York Times bestselling author of Innocent Traitor and The Lady Elizabeth <p> This is a breath-taking story, told with panache and sympathy for an extraordinary heroine. Mulley vividly brings to life not only a resourceful and unusual woman but in doing so helps us understand what makes an ordinary person act with superhuman courage in times of adversity. The Spy Who Loved is required reading for anyone interested in understanding what makes an ordinary person act with superhuman courage in times of adversity. This is a gripping read. --Anne Sebba, New York Times bestselling author of That Woman <p> Not only was Christine Granville Britain's first woman agent in World War II but carried out some of the most daring missions ever conceived. Her biographer Clare Mulley has provided a vivid account of her activities yet maintains a balanced assessment of the results. Careful research has created sustained tension, vitality and immediacy which are truly page-turning. --Gordon Thomas, bestselling author of The Pope's Jews and Gideon's Spies <p> I enjoyed and admired The Spy Who Loved. .. A really gripping account of the remarkable Christine Granville. --Simon Mawer, bestselling author of Trapeze and The Glass Room <p> An astonishing story, brilliantly told. If a Hollywood movie isn't made about Christine Granville's remarkable life, I'd be amazed. --Charles Cumming, award-winning author of A Foreign Country <p> Impressively researched, and absolutely fascinating. Christine Granville is one of those women you can't help wishing you'd met in real life. --Jojo Moyes, award-winning author of Me Before You <p> Compulsively readable... Clare Mulley has done a dogged piece of detective work piecing together Christine's ultimately tragic life... She has written a thrilling book, and paid overdue homage to a difficult woman who seized life with both hands -- The Sunday Telegraph (UK)<p> Brings a

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Clare Mulley is the author of The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb (Oneworld, 2009), which won the Daily Mail Biographers' Club Prize.

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