The Irregulars
32,00 $

The irregulars

JENNET CONANT


The Irregulars

JENNET CONANT

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Livre en anglais
Habituellement expédié en 2 à 12 semaines
Résumé
Starred Review. What could be more intriguing than the young writer Roald Dahl—destined to create such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—assigned by His Majesty's Government to Washington, D.C., as a diplomat in the spring of 1942, charged with a secret mission? Dahl's brief was to gather intelligence about America's isolationist circles (indeed, he infiltrated the infatuated Claire Boothe Luce in more ways than one) and propagandize for prompt American entry into the European war. The United States had technically been at war with Germany since December 1941. However, the U.S.'s attention was focused mainly on the Pacific theater—and such pro-German political figures as Luce and Charles Lindbergh meant to keep it that way. Dahl's most important job was to influence public opinion generally and the opinions of Washington's powerful specifically. As bestselling author Conant (Tuxedo Park) shows in her eloquent narrative, Dahl's intriguing coconspirators included future advertising legend David Ogilvy and future spy novelist Ian Fleming. Most fascinating, though, is Dahl's relationship with the great British spymaster William Stephenson, otherwise known as Intrepid. This all boils down to a thoroughly engrossing story, one Conant tells exceptionally well.
Détails
Titre
The Irregulars
Auteur
Éditeur
Prix
32,00 $
Format Poche
Non
Langue
Anglais/English
Date de publication
2008-12-01
ISBN
0743294580
Code Interne
967488
Numéro de produit
245509863

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