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Thank you Crown Publishing for the free book. This biography of a WWII Soviet spy is fascinating for:
🕵🏻‍♀️ The human story of a woman caught up in the winds of war
🕵🏻‍♀️ The details of mid-century spycraft
🕵🏻‍♀️ The evocation of a world of shifting alliances and good intentions gone awry

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4.0

It took me a little bit to get into, but I felt like once this started rolling it just picked up speed.

I appreciate that the author did not push upon me a necessity to sympathize with Ursula as I hold a deep and abiding contempt for serial adulteresses (and adulterers, for that matter). Nevertheless, the author did an excellent job of making her an interesting character.

There's a wry, sardonic streak of humor underlying most of the writing, which I greatly appreciated.

I would rate this higher than D-Day girls on my list of WWII spy nonfiction, and probably also higher than Code Name Liese.