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Gabrielle Petit : the death and life of a female spy in the First World War /

In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman. Built in 1923, it is the first monument to a working-class woman in European history. Her name was Gabrielle Petit. History has forgotten Petit, an ambitious and patriotic Belgian, executed by firing squad in 1916 for her role as an intelligence...

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Main Author: Schaepdrijver, Sophie de
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Petit, Gabrielle, > 1893-1916.
Petit, Gabrielle, > 1893-1916
World War, 1914-1918 > Secret service > Belgium.
World War, 1914-1918 > Secret service > Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 > Underground movements.
Women spies > Belgium > Biography.
Spies > Belgium > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Service secret > Belgique.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Service secret > Grande-Bretagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Mouvements de résistance.
Espionnes > Belgique > Biographies.
Espions > Belgique > Biographies.
European history.
Military history.
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Secret service
Spies
War > Underground movements
Women spies
Belgium
Great Britain
1914-1918
Electronic books.
Biographies
Biographies.
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