Caroline Moorehead

You didn’t mess with them – the doughty matriarchs of the intelligence world

Claire Hubbard-Hall pays tribute to the legions of women who devoted their lives to the British secret service but whose efforts went largely unacknowledged

Kathleen Pettigrew. 
issue 02 November 2024
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  • Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence

    Claire Hubbard-Hall

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 448, £25

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