Hi, Vom welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit. We've got a true here on the podcast today. In fact,

we've got Claire Mully, brilliant historian talking about a true here on the podcast.

Christina Scarbeck. She is my daughter's favorite spy from the Second World War.

You're not going to believe this story. If you've never had a Christina Scarbeck,

just sit back and enjoy. She is one of the more remarkable figures to have emerged from that

truly extraordinary conflict. She is the subject of a biography written by Claire Mully.

Recently she's been talking about the woman who started to say the children,

Eglinton Jeb. She's also written this amazing joint biography of the two women that were at the heart

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In the meantime, everyone here is Claire Mully talking about Christina Scarbeck.

Okay, good to have you back on the podcast. Lovely to be back. Thank you very much.

I think this is one of the greatest espionage stories of the Second World War. She's a truly

remarkable woman, isn't she? She's absolutely extraordinary. She's a total inspiration for me.

And I saw that your daughter drew a wonderful picture of her a little while ago. So I love that as

well. But yes, she was not just Britain's first female special agent of the Second War. She was

actually the longest serving special agent for Britain, male or female. And I would argue one of the

most significant of her achievements really made a significant impact on the Allied war effort.

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