Spies in show business
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Afra Ben, a Woman in the History of Espionage and a Writer
afra ben was a key figure in the evolution of espionage and a woman. For three centuries e e, she was a forgotten individual. It's not until the 19 sixties that she starts becoming famous again. She becomes briton's first woman to make a success career as a writer. And apart from the poet lauriat dryden, she has more plays performed at court than any other british writer.
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