The Woman Who Rescued Orwell | Historical

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4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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It's 1937. The Spanish Civil War is raging, and author George Orwell is fighting on the Socialist front. But as Orwell lives out his anti-Fascist adventure, his wife, Eileen O'Shaughnessy, is embroiled in a subtler conflict. At the headquarters of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification in Barcelona, she's dealing with a brutal police force, Stalinist spies, and an atmosphere of political terror. And on top of all that, it's up to her to stop her husband falling into enemy hands... From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Louise Sinnerton. Music by Nick Ryan. Anna Funder is the author of Stasiland and Wifedom: https://www.annafunder.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.0	You'll meet the people who live life under cover.
1:11.0	What do?
1:13.0	are their skills?
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1:24.0	She doesn't go underground, she doesn't hide, and because she thinks that as soon as he comes back,
1:30.0	he will be arrested and thrown into prison, and she's trying to find a way to warn him or to save him.
1:36.5	So she stays. The Woman Who Rescued Orwell?
1:44.0	It's April 1937.
1:48.0	A tall, thin woman sits in the lobby of a large hotel in central Barcelona.
1:53.8	All around her, people are watching each other intently.
1:58.0	She is sitting upright.
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