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Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

byDamien Lewis

During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world’s richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. Drawing on biographical detail, personal testimony, and historical context, the narrative gives Agent Josephine a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the american beauty, french hero, british spy becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within biography & autobiography and history. Agent Josephine ultimately offers a nuanced guide to the evidence, the human stakes, and the consequences that make this subject worth revisiting.

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781541700666