In 1942, the Gestapo labeled her “the most dangerous of all Allied spies.” They wanted her found and destroyed. But Virginia Hall refused to be stopped.
A Baltimore socialite turned master spy, Virginia defied expectations and infiltrated Nazi-occupied France as the first Allied woman deployed behind enemy lines. With a prosthetic leg and an unbreakable will, she built vast resistance networks, coordinated sabotage missions, and played a pivotal role in weakening the Nazi grip on France. Even after a bounty was placed on her head, she refused to back down, leading daring missions that changed the course of World War II.
Based on extensive new research, A Woman of No Importance is the astonishing true story of a woman whose courage and ingenuity helped shape history.