S2, Ep3 Christine Granville: an extraordinary female spy

2020-11-10

Her real name was Krystyna Skarbek. She was Polish but spied for the British during WW11.She was brilliant and daring in a male-dominated field. And a law unto her self. She took risks few others would have done. And saved lives with her rare ingenuity. Codenames and pseudonyms, she had many: Madame Marchand, Jacqueline Armande or just plain Pauline. And, of course, Christine Granville. She was a real-life female James Bond.And, it is said that she was Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Vespar Lynd, t...

Her real name was Krystyna Skarbek.
She was Polish but spied for the British during WW11.
She was brilliant and daring in a male-dominated field.
And a law unto her self.
She took risks few others would have done.
And saved lives with her rare ingenuity.
Codenames and pseudonyms, she had many: Madame Marchand, Jacqueline Armande or just plain Pauline. And, of course, Christine Granville.
She was a real-life female James Bond.
And, it is said that she was Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Vespar Lynd, the female double agent in his first-ever James Bond novel, Casino Royale.

This podcast is read by Lucasta Cummings with sound editing by Max Watson. The script was written by Henrietta McMicking and produced by Camilla Akers-Douglas. Our theme music is by the amazing James Burrell

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