11 Best historical books like Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry

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Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

By: Helen Fry

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the twentieth century onwards, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, …

If you liked the historical plot in Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (The Resistance Trilogy Book 2)

By: Caroline Moorehead

3.76

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the runaway bestseller A Train in Winter comes the extraordinary story of a Fren… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Moorehead's Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (The Resistance Trilogy Book 2) book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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2. The Man in the Queue (Inspector Alan Grant, #1)

By: Josephine Tey

3.77

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the… read more

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3. Murder on Lake Garda

By: Tom Hindle

3.55

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of C… read more

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4. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
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5. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

By: Katja Hoyer

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more

Similar categories in Katja Hoyer's Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • nonfiction
  • history
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6. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
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7. The House of Mirrors

By: Erin Kelly

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

One of them has killed before. One of them will kill again. In the sweltering summer of 1997, s… read more

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8. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

Similar categories in Eric H. Cline's After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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9. The English Führer (Tom Wilde #7)

By: Rory Clements

4.11

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo,… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's The English Führer (Tom Wilde #7) book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • world war ii
  • espionage
  • historical
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10. T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen

By: Peter Kay

4.23

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch … Mastermind, Moonl… read more

Similar categories in Peter Kay's T.V.: Big Adventures on the Small Screen book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • nonfiction
Cover of Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s by Sarah Ditum

11. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

By: Sarah Ditum

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ditum's Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • nonfiction
  • history
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12. The Bone Chests

By: Cat Jarman

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history o… read more

Similar categories in Cat Jarman's The Bone Chests book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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13. The Empire

By: Michael Ball

4.00

Format: None pages, None

Welcome to The Empire theatre 1922. When Jack Treadwell arrives at The Empire, in the middle of … read more

Similar categories in Michael Ball's The Empire book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
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14. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Anne Michaels's Held book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

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15. The Silence In Between

By: Josie Ferguson

4.48

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Imagine waking up and a wall has divided your city in two. Imagine that on the other side is your n… read more

Similar categories in Josie Ferguson's The Silence In Between book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
"Evil demanded little of me – it merely asked me to stay silent, to do nothing. And I complied."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"Mozart said that music is not in the notes but in the silence in between. I think that's where our souls are – hidden in that silence."

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

"These are stories from the past, but they are still echoing now, in the present. As I write this, Russian forces are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainian women; deported mothers are being …"

-Josie Ferguson, The Silence In Between

Cover of Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry

16. Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

By: Helen Fry

4.06

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the twentieth century onwards, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, … read more

Similar categories in Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • espionage
  • history
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • nonfiction
  • 20th century
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17. A Woman of Opinion

By: Sean Lusk

4.10

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

'I shall be a thousand different Marys and, in such manner, shall find the one I wish to be...' La… read more

Similar categories in Sean Lusk's A Woman of Opinion book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • historical
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18. Rewitched

By: Lucy Jane Wood

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Belladonna Blackthorn hasn’t lost her magical spark . . . but she hasn’t seen it in a while, either… read more

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19. War

By: Bob Woodward

4.43

Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three … read more

Similar categories in Bob Woodward's War book and Helen Fry's Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars

  • nonfiction
  • history
"President Trump had secretly sent Putin a bunch of Abbott Point of Care Covid test machines for his personal use as the virus spread rapidly through Russia."

-Bob Woodward, War

"Overall, Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis and dragged more than 240 hostages and back across the border into underground tunnels in Gaza. It was the deadliest attack in Jewish history since the …"

-Bob Woodward, War

"In the 2020 election, Trump received 74 million votes, more than any presidential candidate in history with the exception of Joe Biden, who won 81 million votes. Biden secured the Electoral College w…"

-Bob Woodward, War

"The second high-profile Trump critis was retired General Stanley McChrystal, who had commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan a decade earlier. McChrystal had recently appeared on CNN and called…"

-Bob Woodward, War

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20. Spy Hunter

By: H.B. Lyle

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Skilfully mixing real history with action sequences worthy of Lee Child, this is historical crime-… read more

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7 Top history books like Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars by Helen Fry

Transform Your Habits

Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (The Resistance Trilogy Book 2)

Caroline Moorehead

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918

Katja Hoyer

4.17

Transform Your Habits

After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

Eric H. Cline

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s

Sarah Ditum

3.58

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19 Best fiction books like A Woman of Opinion by Sean Lusk

Transform Your Habits

The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Burial Plot

Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

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The Silence Factory

Bridget Collins

3.55

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Elif Shafak

4.58

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