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Joan Bright Astley (1910–2008)

Forfatter af The Inner Circle: A View of War at the Top

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Juridisk navn
Astley, Penelope Joan McKerrow Bright
Andre navne
Bright, Penelope Joan McKerrow (birth name)
Fødselsdato
1910-09-27
Dødsdag
2008-12-24
Køn
female
Nationalitet
UK
Fødested
Corrientes, Argentina
Dødssted
London, England, UK
Erhverv
secretary (British War Cabinet, WWII)
memoirist
Priser og hædersbevisninger
Order of the British Empire (Officer, 1946)
Kort biografi
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
Vurdering
4.0
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