Re:The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
by ZseeBrz on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @09:49AM
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There's a very good book in French on the same topic (Espionnes by Dalila Kerchouche). The author interviewed several women in the various FR services (DGSE, DGSI, etc.) in various leadership and non-leadership positions. If you can read French, you will find it very interesting. It's both a cultural trip and partial demystification of the trade.
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Re:The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
by foobarian on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @10:32AM
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On that note just wanted to also plug the fantastic French spy show "The Bureau" [1]. It's fiction but loved the characters and the scheming, and more high level, a glimpse into the French flavor of the CIA/MI6 verticals.
Re:The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
by gadders on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:01AM
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Gerard De La Villier is good as well. Part of his novels are salacious, but the political plots are pretty convincing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/magazine/gerard-de-villie...
I think there are 6 books available in English.
Re:The secret lives of MI6’s top female spies
by mattkrause on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:10AM
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On a goofier note, Au Service de la France ("A Very Secret Service" on Netflix) is another fun French spy show. The first season is a bit like Parks and Rec, in that it's misfits having funny misadventures. The second is more serious but has a plot.