Delighted to see my biography - #TheSpyWhoLoved - of the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2, ie #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, mentioned in this @thetimes.com coverage of #MI6 chief #BlaiseMetreweli’s speech.
December 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Delighted to see my biography - #TheSpyWhoLoved - of the 1st woman to serve Britain as a special agent in #WW2, ie #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville, mentioned in this @thetimes.com coverage of #MI6 chief #BlaiseMetreweli’s speech.
Nice early Christmas present to receive these copies of #SpiesInHistory for which I write on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville whose remarkable story I told in my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Nice early Christmas present to receive these copies of #SpiesInHistory for which I write on #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville whose remarkable story I told in my bk #TheSpyWhoLoved.
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
These essays were first published in the excellent #EngelsbergIdeas
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
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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
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
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.
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
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?
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
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
#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
#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.
- #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
- #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
Today we honor Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek—the SOE’s first and longest-serving female agent.
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
May 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today we honor Christine Granville, born Krystyna Skarbek—the SOE’s first and longest-serving female agent.
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Called “a flaming sword of freedom,” she bluffed, bribed, skied, and fought her way across enemy lines.
Read her story shorturl.at/jzUko #ChristineGranville #SOE #femalespies #WWII
Happy (𝟭𝟭𝟳th) birthday, Christine Granville, née Krystyna #Skarbek [°May 1, 1908 – June 15, 1952]🕯️🫡🌹
#SOE #SpecialOperationsExecutive #VeraAtkins #MI6 #SirWinstonChurchill #StefaniaGoldfeder #MariaKrystynaJaninaSkarbek #KrystynaSkarbek #ChristineGranville
#SOE #SpecialOperationsExecutive #VeraAtkins #MI6 #SirWinstonChurchill #StefaniaGoldfeder #MariaKrystynaJaninaSkarbek #KrystynaSkarbek #ChristineGranville
May 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Happy (𝟭𝟭𝟳th) birthday, Christine Granville, née Krystyna #Skarbek [°May 1, 1908 – June 15, 1952]🕯️🫡🌹
#SOE #SpecialOperationsExecutive #VeraAtkins #MI6 #SirWinstonChurchill #StefaniaGoldfeder #MariaKrystynaJaninaSkarbek #KrystynaSkarbek #ChristineGranville
#SOE #SpecialOperationsExecutive #VeraAtkins #MI6 #SirWinstonChurchill #StefaniaGoldfeder #MariaKrystynaJaninaSkarbek #KrystynaSkarbek #ChristineGranville
#KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, was #BOTD 1908. Her amazing true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved…
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, was #BOTD 1908. Her amazing true story is told in my book #TheSpyWhoLoved…
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
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!)
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
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…
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
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!
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
The wonderful #NationalPortraitGallery surprised me today… I went to give a talk about #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville #TheSpyWhoLoved, as they’d just hung her portrait….
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
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
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
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:
Delighted to be hosted by the #RoyalYachtSquadton book club this evening, on the #IsleOfWight, to discuss #TheSpyWhoLoved, my biography of the first woman to serve Britain as a special agent in the #SecondWorldWar, #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville .
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Delighted to be hosted by the #RoyalYachtSquadton book club this evening, on the #IsleOfWight, to discuss #TheSpyWhoLoved, my biography of the first woman to serve Britain as a special agent in the #SecondWorldWar, #KrystynaSkarbek aka #ChristineGranville .
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
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
#OTD 1944, 80 yrs ago today, acting alone, Polish born #SOE agent #KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, rescued 2 Brit & 1 French officer from prison in Nazi German occupied France just hours before their scheduled execution at a nearby football pitch.
Her full story is told in #TheSpyWhoLoved
Her full story is told in #TheSpyWhoLoved
August 13, 2024 at 6:10 PM
#OTD 1944, 80 yrs ago today, acting alone, Polish born #SOE agent #KrystynaSkarbek, aka #ChristineGranville, rescued 2 Brit & 1 French officer from prison in Nazi German occupied France just hours before their scheduled execution at a nearby football pitch.
Her full story is told in #TheSpyWhoLoved
Her full story is told in #TheSpyWhoLoved
Thrilled these goodies from Bad Squiddo Games arrived today (I thought they’d take longer to cross the Atlantic). WRNS dispatch riders, Pulp Explorers, and SOE agent #KrystynaSkarbek (aka #ChristineGranville). First-time order...definitely not the last one. Many thanks!
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badsquiddogames.com
July 10, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Thrilled these goodies from Bad Squiddo Games arrived today (I thought they’d take longer to cross the Atlantic). WRNS dispatch riders, Pulp Explorers, and SOE agent #KrystynaSkarbek (aka #ChristineGranville). First-time order...definitely not the last one. Many thanks!
badsquiddogames.com
badsquiddogames.com
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
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.
#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
#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…
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
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
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
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