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Joan Bright Astley (1910–2008)

Teoksen The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top tekijä

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Virallinen nimi
Astley, Penelope Joan McKerrow Bright
Muut nimet
Bright, Penelope Joan McKerrow (birth name)
Syntymäaika
1910-09-27
Kuolinaika
2008-12-24
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
UK
Syntymäpaikka
Corrientes, Argentina
Kuolinpaikka
London, England, UK
Ammatit
secretary (British War Cabinet, WWII)
memoirist
Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1946)
Lyhyt elämäkerta
Born in Corrientes, Argentina. Her father was an English accountant; her mother a Scottish governess. Learned typing and shorthand and worked as a cipher clerk at the British legation in Mexico. In the 1930's she was offered a job, which she declined, in Nazi Germany teaching English to the family of Rudolf Hess. Hired by the Department of Military Intelligence. Organized the Special Information Centre (SIC) for Winston Churchill during World War II. Dated Ian Fleming and is said to have been one of the people whose attributes he used for the character of Miss Moneypenny.

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16
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#679,947
Arvio (tähdet)
4.0
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