![]() ![]() This is a terrific tale - and it's all true, proving anew that history trumps even the most vivid fiction. By recovering Roald Dahl, the man at the center of seemingly everything, and placing him and his shadowy work in historical context, Conant has shed fresh light on the complexities and contradictions of the 'special relationship' between Roosevelt and Churchill and their nations. "With grace and insight and an unerring eye for the telling human detail, Jennet Conant has given us an entertaining and enlightening account of a long-forgotten but essential chapter of the Second World War: the British espionage operations based in Washington during those epic days. ![]() All the complexities of friends spying on friends, yet as good a weekend companion as you'll find this year." - Alan Furst, author of The Spies of Warsaw Immensely intelligent and entertaining, with a narrative so strongly fashioned it reads, and compels, like the best fiction. ![]() "Jennet Conant's new book is pure pleasure. The Irregulars Author Jennet Conant Publisher Simon & Schuster Last months revelation that famous figures like chef Julia Child and actor Sterling Hayden were part of FDRs proto-CIA spy. "A fascinating glimpse of the intrigue and spying inside the British-American alliance in wartime Washington." - Ben Bradlee Richly detailed and meticulously researched, Conant's compelling narrative draws on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews and provides a rare, and remarkably candid, insider's view of the counterintelligence game during the tumultuous days of World War II. ![]()
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