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The irregulars : Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington / Jennet Conant.

By:

Conant, Jennet [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover editionDescription: xx, 393 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

General

ISBN:

9780743294584 (hbk.)
0743294580 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.54/86410973 22

LOC classification:

D810.S8 D234 2008

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Summary: Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying," he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid).

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-376) and index.

Conant tells the story of young writer Roald Dahl who is assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C. as a diplomat to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles. In the course of his "spying," he meets or works closely with David Ogilvy, Ian Fleming, and the great spymaster William Stephenson (aka Intrepid).

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