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Behind the lens of one of London's most talented photographers was a secret life that British intelligence spent decades trying to unravel. How did a Jewish-Austrian exile become a key figure in Soviet espionage, helping recruit one of the most notorious double agents of the 20th century while evading capture herself? It's time to uncover the extraordinary true story of a woman whose life straddled the worlds of art, politics, and international intrigue.
Join New York Adventure Club for another installment of The Author’s Corner, a book talk series featuring live, in-depth conversations with acclaimed authors exploring the stories, research, and inspiration behind their works.
Our next guest to the virtual stage is author Daria Santini, who will discuss her new book, A Woman Named Edith: the first full-length English-language biography of Edith Tudor Hart, a pioneering photographer, committed communist, and Soviet secret agent whose involvement in the Cambridge spy network helped shape one of the most extraordinary espionage stories of the modern era.
Moderated by Sue Walsh, Founder of Classi Lectures, and Dr. Helen Fry, this fascinating conversation will include:
Afterward, we'll have a Q&A with Daria — any and all questions are welcomed and encouraged!
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About Daria
Daria Santini was born and educated in Rome and studied in Italy and Germany. In 1992 she moved to London, where she still lives, dividing her time between the UK and Puglia, Southern Italy.
She is a writer of biography and cultural history, with a background in modern German literature, a subject she taught at the University of Oxford – at St. Hilda's and Magdalen Colleges – for fifteen years until 2010. Between 2000 and 2002, she was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Her academic work has focused mainly on the literary reception of Classical mythology, modern German drama, opera libretti, and literature and the visual arts. Her publications include books on the Greek plays of the dramatist and novelist Gerhart Hauptmann and on the literature of the Third Reich and of the German-speaking writers in exile.
Her interest in the social, political, and cross-cultural dimensions of exile has also shaped her more recent books, The Exiles: Actors, Artists and Writers Who Fled the Nazis for London and A Woman Named Edith: Émigré, Photographer and Secret Agent – the Extraordinary Life of Edith Tudor Hart. Both grew out of a deep sense of history and place, and an enduring interest in the ways different cultures overlap, influence, and reshape one another.
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