Wonderful to bump into these guys at @posklondon yesterday.
Polish-born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville with her 1-legged lover, #AndrzejKowerski #AndrewKennedy.
My biography of Krystyna is called #TheSpyWhoLoved &, in Polish, #KobietaSzpieg
Polish-born #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville with her 1-legged lover, #AndrzejKowerski #AndrewKennedy.
My biography of Krystyna is called #TheSpyWhoLoved &, in Polish, #KobietaSzpieg
May 6, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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Christine Granville was one of the inspirations for my character, Sarah Kraft (The Byzantine Cross) Great book about a brave, wild, intelligent hero.
#ChristineGranville #TheByzantineCross #WWII #Spies #MI6
#ChristineGranville #TheByzantineCross #WWII #Spies #MI6
The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville
Amazon.com: The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville (Audible Audio Edition): Clare Mulley, Elizabeth Sastre, Random House Audio: Books
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Born #otd 1908, #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Reportedly Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’.
Last year, at a @bigginhillmuseum talk, a lady generously gave me this photo, Russian inscription on the back, then disappeared. Please get in touch to tell me more!
Reportedly Churchill’s ‘favourite spy’.
Last year, at a @bigginhillmuseum talk, a lady generously gave me this photo, Russian inscription on the back, then disappeared. Please get in touch to tell me more!
May 1, 2024 at 7:34 AM
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Delighted to be in #TheKnowledge news this morning… though it would be good if they’d mentioned my book #TheSpyWhoLoved, or me, and not decided to again describe the man who killed #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville as her ‘ex-lover’ - how about ‘obsessed stalker’ or ‘murderer’?
January 14, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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Delighted to have been interviewed for the current issue of #Poland’s #Sieci magazine.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
Headline is: #WomenInTheSpotlight - in this case #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo.
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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‘Granville had the kind of personality that could bend steel bars.’
Today’s #Telegraph on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, subject of my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
My #HistoriesSecretHeroes pod is not out yet, but I agree, she should be on screen!
Today’s #Telegraph on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, subject of my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
My #HistoriesSecretHeroes pod is not out yet, but I agree, she should be on screen!
April 10, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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How fab are these murals designs for murals, hopefully to go on bldings in Poznań!
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
Created by design students, these 2 show #KrysrynaSkarkek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, &
#ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo!
I LOVE these images, do you?
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Great to be talking about the women of SOE on the @WeHaveWaysPod . In this 1st episode of 3, we focus on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved:
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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#OTD 1939, Polish-born #KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, became the first woman to serve Britain as a #SpecialAgent in #WW2. Long before #SOE was established.
By 1941, her remarkable achievements prompted #Churchill to call her his 'favourite spy'. That was just the start...
By 1941, her remarkable achievements prompted #Churchill to call her his 'favourite spy'. That was just the start...
December 22, 2023 at 5:59 PM
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This woman single-handedly secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison on a strategic pass in the Alps in summer 1944. SOE’s Polish
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Murdered in London, #otd 1952.
#lestweforget
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
Murdered in London, #otd 1952.
#lestweforget
June 15, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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Really pleased with this piece on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved!
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up
It marks the #NationalPortraitGallery displaying their new photo of her. I was delighted to introduce the generous donors, whose dad, #BillStanleyMoss, knew Krystyna in Cairo & London.
Can’t wait to see it up
August 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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New plaque unveiled at Bramousee recognising the role played by Italian partisans, & British & Polish special agents, among them #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved. #OperationToplink aimed to divert German forces from the #Dragoon landings in S France.
July 9, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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Talking abt #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #thespywholoved at the #Secondworldwar museum in #gdańsk today, alongside #JulianGuillon from #VercorsMuseum.
After the Battle of Vercors, Skarbek single-handedly secured the defection of a German garrison in the Alps!
After the Battle of Vercors, Skarbek single-handedly secured the defection of a German garrison in the Alps!
March 26, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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99p on #kindle today!
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved - on her own - secured the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps… among much more…
April 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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This is the ‘vanille’ pastry created in tribute to #ChristineGranville aka #KrystynaSkarbek subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved!
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
(She enjoyed cake at #ShepheardsHotel in #Cairo during the war, & loved clubs & glamour, so I think she’d have loved this!)
April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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The wonderful #NationalPortraitGallery surprised me today… I went to give a talk about #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, as they’d just hung her portrait….
January 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Wonderful to be at the National Portrait Gallery ahead of my 1pm talk on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved.
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
The talk marks the gallery hanging the original photographic portrait of Skarbek donated by the family of #WilliamStanleyMoss following my introduction.
#historythreads
January 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved, is at the @NPGLondon!
The 1st woman to serve Britain as a #specialagent in #WW2, is now serving alongside newly acquired images of #SoniaDArtois & #ElaineMadden to mark #womenshistorymonth.
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
The 1st woman to serve Britain as a #specialagent in #WW2, is now serving alongside newly acquired images of #SoniaDArtois & #ElaineMadden to mark #womenshistorymonth.
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
March 5, 2024 at 8:25 AM
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Great piece on #WW2 special agent #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville: ‘The Polish aristocrat who was Churchill's favourite spy’ on @BBC News.
Its good to see my next book, #AgentZo referenced, but I’ll never leave this history behind, #TheSpywhoLoved:
Its good to see my next book, #AgentZo referenced, but I’ll never leave this history behind, #TheSpywhoLoved:
January 7, 2024 at 10:20 AM
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- #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville - Britain’s 1st female special agent, served in 3 theatres, inc single-handed securing the defection of a German garrison in the Alps. Subject of my book #TheSpyWhoLoved
May 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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What better gift for #ValentinesDay than #TheSpyWhoLoved?
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
After #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville had single-handedly secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison in the Alps, she rescued 3 male #SOE colleagues inc, her lover, from execution…
Makes the ❤️ beat faster!
February 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, #TheSpyWhoLoved.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
#WW2 hero, secured the defection of a Nazi German garrison, smuggled vital intel across borders, saved lives. Murdered in London by a pathetic stalker #otd in 1952.
Gone but no longer forgotten.
June 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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On 9 March, I’ll be talking abt both #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville (#TheSpyWhoLoved) & #ElżbietaZawacka aka #ElizabethWatson (#AgentZo) at #HistoriskeDage, the Danish history festival in #Copenhagen!
Grt to see this advance advance press piece!
Grt to see this advance advance press piece!
February 23, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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#WW2 resistance fighter #ElżbietaZawacka aka #AgentZo & special agent #KrystybaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved never met, but they’re coming together now at an exhibition in @posk London.
I’m delighted to be talking there about them both this Tues 9 July…
I’m delighted to be talking there about them both this Tues 9 July…
July 7, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Great to see #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville highlighted on this Warsaw exhibition poster.
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
Shame they didn’t mention her securing the defection of an entire Nazi German garrison in the Alps! It’s all in my book, #TheSpyWhoLoved
July 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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