{"id":169915,"date":"2022-10-07T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T03:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/?p=169915"},"modified":"2022-10-07T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T03:29:54","slug":"how-to-become-a-super-spy-like-alix-st-pierre-by-natasha-lester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2022\/10\/07\/how-to-become-a-super-spy-like-alix-st-pierre-by-natasha-lester\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Super Spy Like Alix St Pierre – by Natasha Lester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre by Natasha Lester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alix St Pierre is recruited as a spy by the American government in 1943 and finds herself sent to supposedly neutral Switzerland to help in the fight against the Nazis. Over almost two years, she learns a thing or two about what it takes to be a spy. Here are her top tips!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Befriend a barman. People always tell their secrets to the barman late at night after they have a few Ritz cocktails under their belt. So Alix jumps behind the Ritz bar one evening when it\u2019s busy and makes perfectly timed Bloody Marys, thus earning barman Frank\u2019s undying gratitude and an extensive supply of clandestine information in return.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    1. Choose the perfect codename. Alix\u2019s is Bisous<\/em> \u2013 a little French kiss. It proves very effective – but not for the reasons you think!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      1. Master the art of cigar smoking. All the men in charge during the 1940s smoked cigars. So they know Alix means business when she shows them she can clip and draw with the best of them.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        1. Build up your long distance walking stamina. If you\u2019re going to cross the Italian Alps at night on foot like Alix does, you\u2019re going to want a decent set of calf muscles.
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        2. Don\u2019t get too close to handsome Italian partisans, especially ones with espresso-dark eyes and delicious lips. You might just get your heart broken.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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          Natasha Lester<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

          —– The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre<\/strong><\/a> by Natasha Lester (Hachette Australia) is out now!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Natasha Lester shares her top tips on Become a Super Spy Like Alix St Pierre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":169920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6677,6676],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HA460_TheThreeLivesofAlixStPierre_flatlay_1080sq_v2a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169915"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169922,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169915\/revisions\/169922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}