The princess spy : the true story of World War II spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
(2021)
By:
Loftis, Larry
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/ALINE
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Atria Books, 2021
EDITION
First Atria books hardcover edition
DESCRIPTION
xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781982143862, 198214386X :, 198214386X, 9781982143862
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Dying to fight -- The farm -- Close encounters -- The clerk -- Man of swords -- Snatch-22 -- Death by murder -- Putting on the Ritz -- Glorious Gloria -- Visitors -- The body -- Resurrection -- The prisoner -- The Bohemian -- The lady vanishes -- The count -- Butch -- Pay dirt -- Intelligence goes to ground -- Paris -- La Tienta -- The bookkeeper -- Cortando la Coleta -- Countess Quintanilla -- Living the dream -- Twin souls -- The rest of the story
Chronicles the extraordinary life of OSS spy Aline Griffith, who performed deep-cover intelligence missions during and after World War II throughout the upper echelons of European politics and society