Marthe Richard The Skylark - The Foremost Woman Spy of France

Ladoux, Major Georges (edited with a biographical introduction and notes by Warrington Dawson)

Edité par Cassell and Company, London, 1932

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1932. First edition thus. [v], 250pp. and a frontispiece portrait. Marthe Richard (1889-1982) was a French prostitute and spy who later became a politician, and worked towards the closing of brothels in France in 1946. She became a spy under Captain Georges Ladoux (1875-1933), thanks to her lover, a young Russian anarchist. As part of her duties, she became the mistress of von Krohn, the Naval Attaché of the German Navy in Madrid. Captain Ladoux was later arrested for being a double agent himself, but eventually cleared of all charges. After being released from prison, and restored to the post of commander, Captain Ladoux published his fictionalized Memoires in 1930, but the volume about Marthe Richard was later believed to be mostly an invention. The present edition has been edited by Warrington Dawson, who has also provided a biographical preface of Georges Ladoux. It includes certain a number of passages not to be found in the original French edition, and certain details which the editor learned from Marthe Richard herself. The book is bound in the original grey-green cloth covered boards with black titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with some shelf wear to the boards and slight cocking to the spine. The spine ends are lightly bumped. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. N° de réf. du vendeur gWWI72

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Titre : Marthe Richard The Skylark - The Foremost ...

Éditeur : Cassell and Company, London

Date d'édition : 1932

Reliure : Hardback

Etat : Very Good

Edition : First Edition Thus