Richly detailed and meticulously researched, Conant's compelling narrative draws on never-before-seen wartime letters, diaries, and interviews and provides a rare, and remarkably candid, insider's view of the counterintelligence game during the tumultuous days of World War II. It is an extraordinary tale of deceit, double-dealing, and moral ambiguity - all in the name of victory. He and his colorful co-conspirators gossiped, bugged, and bungled their way across Washington, doing their best to carry out their cloak-and-dagger assignments, support the fledgling American intelligence agency, and see that Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term. In an account better suited to a work of spy fiction, Jennet Conant shows Dahl progressing from reluctant diplomat to sly man-about-town. Dahl would soon be caught up in a web of deception masterminded by Intrepid, Churchill's legendary spy chief. Ten years earlier, he was a British spy in Washington DC, where he bedded the city’s richest and most famous women. (Sept.When Roald Dahl, a dashing young ex-RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington, his assignment was to use his good looks, wit, and considerable charm to gain access to the most powerful figures in American political life. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant (2008) 418 pages Roald Dahl in 1954. 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. ) shows in her eloquent narrative, Dahl’s intriguing coconspirators included future advertising legend David Ogilvy and future spy novelist Ian Fleming.

As bestselling author Conant ( Tuxedo Park Buy a used copy of The Irregulars : Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington book by Jennet Conant. Dahl’s most important job was to influence public opinion generally and the opinions of Washington’s powerful specifically. 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.

The United States had technically been at war with Germany since December 1941. Dahl worked to end the neutrality of America. 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. Jennet Conant talked about the life of childrens author Roald Dahl, who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. What could be more intriguing than the young writer Roald Dahl-destined to create such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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