MEET CHRISTINE GRANVILLE-THE WWII SPY WHO INSPIRED IAN FLEMINGS FIRST BOND GIRL
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Its true- Christine Granville was the most highly decorated female spy of WWII and Ian Fleming had loved her. She was the inspiration for his first Bond girl Vesper Lynd (played by Eva Green in the 2006 version of Casino Royale.)Casino Royale was his first book and he met Chrisitine while working in British Intelligence. She was beautiful, resourceful, and incredibly courageous.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | . |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome back everyone the one thousand one heroes legends histories and mysteries podcast |
| 0:37.0 | This is your host John Haggadorn and do I have a story for you? |
| 0:41.0 | This story concerns one of the most daring British spies of World War II |
| 0:45.0 | Polish-born Christina Scarbeck known best today by your anglicized name Christine Granville |
| 0:52.0 | Her exploits which were kept silent for a number of years beyond the war or were they of an intense spy drama |
| 0:58.0 | Something that bond creator Ian Fleming had already recognized when he wrote Casino Royale in 1952 |
| 1:05.0 | and created the beautiful dark-haired spy Besper Land, the first bond girl, played best by Eva Green in the 2006 version of Casino Royale |
| 1:15.0 | Look at Miss Green in that part and you're very close to Christine Granville |
| 1:21.0 | All posts side by side at one thousand one heroes Facebook page when this episode comes out |
| 1:26.0 | Of course the bond story is fiction but Christina Scarbeck, alias Christine Granville, was said to be Churchill's top spy |
| 1:33.0 | Her exploits are legend Fleming had dated her for a time when he worked in British intelligence and had a huge admiration for her |
| 1:41.0 | Something that could be said and was said by every man who knew her or worked with her |
| 1:47.0 | Christine had a spirit and a love for life and a presence that made her seem almost electric to some |
| 1:53.0 | The British intelligence once they got past the early jitters with her |
| 1:57.0 | New Christina Scarbeck slash Christine Granville to be intensely loyal to the allied cause and considered her a mega hero |
| 2:06.0 | She was the first female agent in the British Secret Service and may possibly have been the best |
| 2:12.0 | A number of biographies have been written about her and they're all good |
| 2:16.0 | But I'll begin this story with the one offered up by Madeleine Massone |
| 2:20.0 | The story is named Christine, SOE agent and Churchill's favorite spy |
| 2:26.0 | Madeleine Massone's story, in part at least, owes its depth to a chance meeting on a passenger ship |
| 2:32.0 | The Winchester Castle in May, June 1952 bound from Cape Town, South Africa to England |
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