Agent Garbo : : the Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day
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Pt. I. The Making of a Spy -- 1. Tom Mix in Barcelona -- 2. The Training Ground -- 3. Araceli -- 4. The white city 5. The Game -- 6. The Snakepit -- Pt. II. Garbo's Rise -- 7. A Fresh Riot of Ideas -- 8. The System -- 9. The Debut -- 10. The Blacks and the Santa Clauses -- 11. The Rehearsal -- Pt. III. The Far Shore -- 12. The Dry Run -- 13. An Intimate Deception -- 14. Haywire -- 15. The Interloper -- 16. The Ghost Army -- 17. The Backdrop -- 18. The Build-Up -- 19. The Prisoner -- 20. The Hours -- 21. The Weapon -- Pt. IV. Breakoff -- 22. The End -- 23. The Return.
Describes the life of Juan Pujol, a poultry farmer who opposed the Nazis and concocted a series of staggering lies that lead to his becoming one of Germany's most valued spies, while actually acting as a double-agent for the Allies.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 301 p., [8] plates ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547614816
0547614810
SUBJECTS
Pujol, Juan.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.