Comments on: The Spy Who Loved

The Spy Who Loved

Chrysostom — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:18:49 -0800

Christine Granville was, at least apocryphally, Winston Churchill's favourite spy. Born Maria Krystyna Janina Skarbek, daughter of a charming but dissolute Polish aristocrat and a Jewish banking heiress, she was described in 1939 as "a flaming Polish patriot ... expert skier and great adventuress". So she was.

By: leesh

leesh — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:34:13 -0800

How many history books contain, and then go on to justify, the sentence "It would not be the only trained patrol dog she subverted"? The second dog, Mulley reports straight-faced, permanently switched allegiance and remained on the Allied side for the rest of the war. WHY isn't this out in the US???

By: clockzero

clockzero — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:56:34 -0800

Jesus Christ, what an outrageously ignominious end to a remarkable life.

By: maryr

maryr — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:46:28 -0800

How do they know the dog defected? Did Churchill and Hitler stand on either side of a meadow and call it?

By: fearfulsymmetry

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:03:14 -0800

How do they know the dog defected? It started barking in an English accent

By: maryr

maryr — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:13:26 -0800

So "woof woof" instead of "Vuf Vuf" ?

By: Fence

Fence — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:12:51 -0800

We just got this book in at the library where I work. Such a sad end. Unfortunately the book is a request so I won't be able to grab it for a while. Sounds fascinating.

By: Schroder

Schroder — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:47:08 -0800

If ever I were to prepare a list of eight virtual ideal guests to invite to a supper party, this woman would be on it. Phew.