![]() ![]() *I’d never heard of Virginia Hall and her work during World War II. ![]() Her personality, talents, and abilities was the perfect recipe for the work of being an SOE agent. May I explain? I’ve written down a list of Virginia’s personality traits: highly intelligent, savvy, a physical person, strong memory for memorizing, courageous, stoic, in control of emotions, purposeful, determined, and tenacious. Virginia Hall’s character matches the telling of the story. I disagree, because I read this book with the mind-set that it is nonfiction, and will be told in a way that is not like reading a historical fiction story.Ī second point. I’ve read several reviews of readers who felt this book too dry. It is information heavy, and narrative nonfiction is a common approach. ![]() The narrator of the book is the author, Sonia Purnell. Some important things I want to mention is A Woman of No Importance is not historical fiction. ![]()
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