The Gold Digger Who Saved Britain’s WWII-Winning Plane

Lady ‘Poppy’ Houston cut a swathe through high society but when her moment came she was a national hero. Without her, Churchill’s ‘darkest hour’ would have been a lot darker.

Clive Irving

Published Apr. 13 2018 10:44PM EDT 

Clive Irving

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