Red Joan
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2014.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
390 pages ; 21 cm
Status:
Description
"Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War...Risking both career and conscience, leaking information to the Soviets, but struggling to maintain her own semblance of morality, Joan is caught at a crossroads in which all paths lead to the same end-game: the deployment of the atomic bomb."--
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Status
Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F ROONEY
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
ROONEY
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Language:
English
ISBN:
1609452046, 9781609452049
Notes
Description
"Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War...Risking both career and conscience, leaking information to the Soviets, but struggling to maintain her own semblance of morality, Joan is caught at a crossroads in which all paths lead to the same end-game: the deployment of the atomic bomb."--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Rooney, J. (2014). Red Joan. Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Rooney, Jennie, 1980-. 2014. Red Joan. Europa Editions.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Rooney, Jennie, 1980-, Red Joan. Europa Editions, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Rooney, Jennie. Red Joan. Europa Editions, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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