{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67868e304c4d17f5eb378c20/678690f1c1c1ddd57c2dfbb6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Vera Leigh","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67868e304c4d17f5eb378c20/1736872152350-e5d191fe-b63d-4d7e-a24e-ece2be1c1ea4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<blockquote>Vera Leigh's story is a tale of rags to riches. Born in Leeds and abandoned as a baby, she was adopted by a wealthy American and became one of only 39 women chosen to work during the Second World War as a Special Operations Executive, involved in clandestine operations in France to subvert and sabotage the Nazi enemy. This episode will examine her secretive life as a special agent and her fate at the hands of the enemy.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>With Dr. Kate Vigurs, historian and author of Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE and Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms and Artillery, Royal Armouries.</blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote>This podcast was funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund - Thanks to National Lottery Players.</blockquote>","author_name":"Royal Armouries"}