Christine: SOE agent and Churchill's favourite spy

Christine Granville's name comes up in other books that talk about the SOE agents, so since with the pandemic I haven't had a chance to go to donate books at the usual place, I went back to finish it. Reading from where I left off to the end it was more of the same and didn't change my mind. She was a very interesting and brave (and maybe a little bit crazy) woman, but the book is poorly written and doesn't do her justice.


Terrible, terrible, badly written book. Drowning in details that are more distracting and confusing that explanatory and rarely explain how any of her exploits (or anyone else's, because there are many other characters in this book) are achieved. Anecdotes everywhere but they don't really add much to the explanation of show more this biography. Maybe the author didn't have enough information to do a good job; the book was written in 1975 and I don't believe the British had released much of their secret files yet. But that is no excuse for such poor writing. Christine deserves better. There is a newer book out about her, maybe I'll try that one. I read to page 200, so can't say I didn't try, but I finally gave up. What a disappointment. Spy books are usually so interesting. show less