Virginia Hall was an American looking for adventure. She started out driving ambulances then moved into the world of underground resistance and spy craft in France during WWII while working for the British SOE office. She had a way with organizing and provided leadership for efforts that ranged from disabling Nazi vehicles to blowing up bridges. All the while, her personal safety was at stake and many of her network were captured and tortured but somehow she escaped. There was plenty of peril, at one time forcing her to march over mountains during the winter. The stress of her work stayed with her forever. Not surprisingly, she was never given the recognition she deserved and was not promoted because of her gender. After the war, she signed up with the new American CIA and was discounted despite her experience in the field. Hall's life is a remarkable story and Juliet Stevenson does an excellent job narrating.
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