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A Woman Named Edith
Emigre, Photographer and Secret Agent – The Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart
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A major new biography of Edith Tudor Hart, the photographer and Soviet agent who recruited Kim Philby A Woman Named Edith delves into the life of Edith Tudor Hart, a figure who has long evaded biographers. As a Jewish-Austrian exile in 1930s London, she was a...
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A major new biography of Edith Tudor Hart, the photographer and Soviet agent who recruited Kim Philby
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A major new biography of Edith Tudor Hart, the photographer and Soviet agent who recruited Kim Philby
A Woman Named Edith delves into the life of Edith Tudor Hart, a figure who has long evaded biographers. As a Jewish-Austrian exile in 1930s London, she was a talented professional photographer, anti-fascist activist, and Soviet secret agent.
Daria Santini provides the first full biography of this elusive figure. She traces Tudor Hart's life from her early years in the socialist intellectual circles of Vienna, through her training at the Bauhaus, to her work as a Soviet agent in Britain. Tudor Hart played a vital role in the Cambridge Spies network, including recruiting Kim Philby.
Throughout her life, Tudor Hart was deeply committed to the ideals of communism. Despite being watched by the British Secret Service for decades, she was never caught and never confessed.
In this moving account, Santini pieces together the story of Edith's life, revealing a woman of great energy, determination, and creativity.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780300276398
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 February 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Illustration: 41 b-w illus.
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Daria Santini is an independent scholar and writer. She was lecturer in German language and literature at the University of Oxford for fifteen years and is the author of The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London.
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