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Author	Mazzeo, Tilar J.
Title	Sisters in resistance : how a German spy, a banker's wife, and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis / Tilar J. Mazzeo.
Publication Info.	New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2022.
	©2022

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	940.5485 M	IN LIBRARY

Edition	First edition.
Description	xv, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index.
Contents	Preface: The inferno -- Prologue: The German spy and Mussolini's daughter -- The Grand Council -- Tramontana -- Flight to exile -- Gallo -- Arrest -- The last card -- Operation Conte -- Blackmailing Hitler -- The trial of Verona -- Emilio -- Refuge in Switzerland -- Father Pancino -- Germania -- The banker's wife -- The house of spies -- My new found friend -- Lunch at Monthey Station -- The Ciano diaries -- The rose garden -- Epilogue: Into thin air.
Subject	Ciano, Edda Mussolini, Contessa.
	Purwin, Hilde, 1919-2010.
	Chollet, Frances Winslow de.
	Women spies -- History -- 20th century.
	Ciano, Galeazzo, conte, 1903-1944.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
Added Title	How a German spy, a banker's wife, and Mussolini's daughter outwitted the Nazis
ISBN	9781538735268 hardcover
	1538735261 hardcover
	9781538735275 electronic book
Standard No.	40031236048

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