In the coldest winter in living memory, a glamorous Polish countess trades high society for high-altitude espionage, skiing into occupied territory to become Britain's first female special agent of the Second World War.
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Finishing up our series of episodes on First World War female espionage, we look at 3 spies from Belgium, Germany and France: Marthe Cnockeart McKenna, Elsbeth Schragmuller and Louise de Bettignies.
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After weeks of relentless interrogation and Mata Hari faces a military tribunal and a trial for her life.
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Mata Hari makes a desperate gamble to set up a future for herself—only to discover her own handler, Captain Ladoux, has set the most devastating trap of all.
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Mata Hari captivates audiences with her exotic dance that fuses sensuality and spirituality. But as her fame rises, the shadows of her past and the looming spectre of World War I threaten to ensnare her in a perilous web of intrigue and betrayal.
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The tragic origins of a legend: a privileged childhood followed by devastating bankruptcy, family betrayal, and a life of scandal - and that's before she even took up dancing.
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Tapped on the shoulder on board a ship to England, Gabrielle Petit is thrust into the dangerous world of World War I espionage.
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From the orphanage to the streets of Brussels, Gabrielle Petit grew up with a healthy disdain for authority - perfect training for a budding spy.
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Facing a rigged trial and execution, Edith Cavell's defiance and iconic last words ignite global outrage, cementing her legacy as a true wartime hero.
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As the German occupation tightens its grip, Edith Cavell risks everything to save Allied soldiers, transforming her clinic into a clandestine lifeline under the constant threat of betrayal and arrest.
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A vicar's daughter became the founding mother of modern Belgian nursing, but the outbreak of the First World War would change her life forever.
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If you ever find yourself in need of someone to help you dig up a dead body - Elizabeth Van Lew is your woman. As the US Civil War reaches its bloody climax, Elizabeth rises to the occasion turning the Richmond Underground into an intelligence machine. She played a significant role in winning the war, but it would cost her dearly.
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Against an outpouring of support for the new Confederacy, Elizabeth begins her journey as a spy, establishes the Richmond Underground and helps enable one of the biggest prison breaks of the war.
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Wealthy, well-connected people rarely rebel - but Southern socialite Elizabeth van Lew would be an exception.
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Revolutionary heroes can come from anywhere - and Colombia found one in their seamstress spy, Policarpa Salavarietta
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With her beloved king in custody, Jane does everything in her power to break him out of captivity.
Fleeing an unhappy marriage and filled with royalist fervour, a young Scottish courtier spies, smuggles and embezzled for her king during the English Civil War.
While the image of the spy is often a suave man in a tuxedo - the history of espionage is populated by a number of talented and courageous female spies.
Cixi was on the sidelines, but a bungled attempt at reform and a disastrous war with Japan would bring her back once again.
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Cixi orchestrates a coup to firmly establish her as the chief power behind the throne.
Women make up half of the world's population, and yet history books often consign them to the sidelines. They are dismissed as merely the wives of powerful men; babymakers and nothing more. Yet women have been the driving force behind history for millennia, from female Pharoahs, warrior princesses and pirates, to the revolutionaries who sought to topple the male-dominated political systems of their day. From host of the popular 'Queens of England Podcast', The Other Half tells the forgotten and ignored stories of the most powerful and influential women in history.
