"Licensed to kill, she sported pens that shot poison ink, cyanide pills, dangerous loaves of bread (when sliced), and exploding horse dung set out ahead of German convoys." "James Bond had nothing on Hall," reviewer David Holahan wrote for USA Today. The book has also been optioned for Paramount Pictures with Daisy Ridley set to star as Hall, the news outlet reported. The book was out Tuesday, and highly praised by USA Today. In "A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II," Sonia Purnell details how Hall battled both low gender expectations and, later on, her disability – a wooden leg. A new book and movie are raising the profile of WWII-era American spy Virginia Hall – who once topped Gestapo leader Klaus Barbie's most-wanted list.
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