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The princess spy : the true story of World War II spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones / Larry Loftis.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection D810.S8 A45 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loftis, Larry, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spies.
- Spain.
- Aline, Countess of Romanones, 1923-2017.
- Aline.
- Spies--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Spies--Spain--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Spain.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- True crime stories.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 361 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Atria Books, 2021.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781982143862
- 198214386X
- OCLC:
- 1233048823
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