Krystyna Skarbek, also known by her wartime secret agent name Christine Granville, and who it is claimed inspired Fleming to create the spy Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale -, was born in Poland but fled to England at the outbreak of war. After collecting intelligence in Poland, she was parachuted into France where an agent’s life expectancy was just six weeks. She was later decorated for bravery by both the British and the French.
'Christine: SOE Agent And Churchill’s Favourite Spy’ - a biography of Krystyna Skarbek by Madeleine Masson
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