Her Secret Service

Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. Now, drawing on private and previously-classified documents, leading academic Claire Hubbard-Hall brings their gripping true stories to life. From encoding orders and decrypting enemy messages to penning propaganda and infiltrating organisations, the women of British intelligence played a pivotal role in both the First and Second World Wars. In MISS MONEYPENNY, Hubbard-Hall rescues these silenced voices from obscurity to provide a definitive account of women''s contributions to the history of the intelligence services. Prepare to meet the true custodians of Britain''s military secrets.

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Claire Hubbard-Hall is a writer and historian who specialises in the history of secret intelligence. She has held lecturing posts in several British universities and is an honorary Associate Professor of Intelligence History. She has contributed to television documentaries and written for popular history magazines. Her Secret Service is her first book. She is based in Lincolnshire, UK.

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The first authoritative account of the remarkable women who worked in the back rooms of British intelligence - the female army of clerks, typists, telephonists, and secretaries who were the cornerstone of the British secret state, and the real women who inspired Miss Moneypenny.