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“Obsessed with Christine to the end, his last statement as he left his cell was, 'to kill is the final possession'. But Muldowney was wrong. He had never possessed Christine; the resistance burning within her was too great.”

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Book:The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

Source: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

“Christine did not live, or love, as most people do. She lived boundlessly, as generous as she could be cruel, prepared to give her life at any moment for a worthy cause, but rarely sparing a thought for the many casualties that fell in her wake.”

Sacrifice Cruelty Wwii Biography Second World War Spies Soe Special Agent Krystyna Skarbek Christine Granville

Book:The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

Source: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

“For a once renowned woman who loved telling tales of dodging bullets, wielding grenades and subverting dogs trained to kill, Christine's story is, surprisingly, little known today.”

Wwii Biography Second World War Spies Secret Agents Krystyna Skarbek Christine Granville

Book:The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

Source: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

“When he came he first covered me with his revolver', Christine write in her official report, but it was not long before Waem put the gun down on the table between them.”

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Book:The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

Source: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville

“She could do anything with dynamite, except eat it.”

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Author:Clare Mulley

“May be you find out I could be useful getting people out of camps and prisons in Germany - just before they got shot. I should love to do it and I like to jump out of a plane even every day.”

Inspirational Germany Rescue Spy Biography World War 2 Second World War Military History Parachute Soe Special Agent Krystyna Skarbek Christine Granville Clare Mulley

Author:Christine Granville