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Joan Bright Astley (1910–2008)

Autore di The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale
Astley, Penelope Joan McKerrow Bright
Altri nomi
Bright, Penelope Joan McKerrow (birth name)
Data di nascita
1910-09-27
Data di morte
2008-12-24
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
UK
Luogo di nascita
Corrientes, Argentina
Luogo di morte
London, England, UK
Attività lavorative
secretary (British War Cabinet, WWII)
memoirist
Premi e riconoscimenti
Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1946)
Breve biografia
Born in Corrientes, Argentina. Her father was an English accountant; her mother a Scottish governess. Learned typing and shorthand and worked as a cipher clerk at the British legation in Mexico. In the 1930's she was offered a job, which she declined, in Nazi Germany teaching English to the family of Rudolf Hess. Hired by the Department of Military Intelligence. Organized the Special Information Centre (SIC) for Winston Churchill during World War II. Dated Ian Fleming and is said to have been one of the people whose attributes he used for the character of Miss Moneypenny.

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Opere
1
Utenti
16
Popolarità
#679,947
Voto
4.0
ISBN
3