Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy [Hardcover] Lewis,...

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy [Hardcover] Lewis,...

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Format: Hardcover

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 Panthéon.

Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ PublicAffairs; First American Edition (July 12, 2022)


• Language ‏ : ‎ English


• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 496 pages


• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 154170066X


• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 66


• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.69 pounds


• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.45 x 1.85 x 9.7 inches


• Best Sellers Rank: #224,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #606 in Women in History #1,894 in World War II History (Books) #2,314 in Women's Biographies


• #606 in Women in History


• #1,894 in World War II History (Books)

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