Comments on: Larger Than Life: Christine Granville

Larger Than Life: Christine Granville

Medieval Maven — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:56:57 -0800

The Real-Life Vesper Lynde. Known to history as Christine Granville, Krystyna Skarbek was first Polish nobility and later Churchill's favorite spy. Undaunted by weather, Christine skied over the Tatras from Hungary to Poland to gather intelligence and participated in the liberation of France. She was awarded the Croix de Guerre, but found herself ill-suited to normal employment, and worked as a saleswoman at Harrods and as a telephonist before becoming an oceanliner stewardess. Along the way, Christine met Ian Fleming, who may have based his first "Bond Girl" on the intrepid spy. Want to know more? Read her recently republished biography or order her file from the Briish National Archives.

By: Medieval Maven

Medieval Maven — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:59:31 -0800

The remake of Casino Royale comes out this year, and there is possibly a film in the works based on the linked Christine Granville biography, which I highly recommend.

By: Heywood Mogroot

Heywood Mogroot — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:50:21 -0800

On the Rauhine she met, George Muldowney, a bathroom steward. Muldowney fell in love with her. She rejected his advances and on 15th June, 1952, he stabbed her in the heart with a knife. Defeat Nazi Germany and later meet one's end at the hands of a 'bathroom steward'.

By: geekhorde

geekhorde — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:00:10 -0800

Dude, 2 posts in a row about spies? What are the odds?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:09:19 -0800

Being stabbed through the heart was at least a dramatic finish. The awful part was that she "worked as a saleswoman at Harrods and as a telephonist before becoming an oceanliner stewardess." Too many of us are swallowed up like that.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 06:35:49 -0800

"Dude, 2 posts in a row about spies? What are the odds?" I suspect one of them spied on the other during preview. Oh ho! Ah ha ha!

By: Medieval Maven

Medieval Maven — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:05:47 -0800

No one knows or is telling, but there is some suspicion that she was working as a spy of some sort whilst also being a stewardess.