Una mujer sin importancia

In September 1941, a young American who claims to be a journalist climbs the steps of a hotel in Lyon. Her wooden leg is concealed by her determined stride. Months later, the Gestapo sends an urgent transmission: "Of all the allied spies, that woman is the most dangerous. We must find her and finish her off". Their target was Virginia Hall, a Baltimore socialite who made her way into the Special Operations Service, the spy organization created by Winston Churchill. She became the first female ally to be sent behind enemy lines and a key player in the Resistance, which revolutionized the secret war as it was known by establishing vast networks of spies throughout France. Despite the fact that posters with her face were distributed throughout the country and a price was placed on her head, Virginia refused all orders to evacuate, although she was eventually forced to escape to Spain by crossing the Pyrenees. Far from giving up, she returned to France again and led a successful campaign that succeeded in liberating French areas from the Nazis after D-Day. Based on intensive research, Sonia Purnell has rebuilt the life of Virginia Hall, an astonishing and inspiring story of heroism, espionage, resistance and personal triumph over adversity. A Woman of No Importance is the impressive story of how one woman's fierce persistence helped win the war.