Was like opening a hidden door to the past, all sorts of secrets spilled out, Unearth a cache of his wartime correspondence that had been lost for years it Had ever been written about in any detail. Almost everythingĪbout Dahl's escapades in Washington came as a surprise to me because none of it There any moments when you found yourself shaking your head in amazement? Much of the material included in The Irregulars came as a surprise to you? Were Part of historical research was the surprises he discovered in the process.
The late Stephen Ambrose used to say that, for him, the best
Young David Ogilvy was his Georgetown roommate and fellow spy, I knew there was Worked as a spy in Washington and that piqued my interest. Out-of-print books on WWII espionage when I saw a brief mention that Dahl had Spies for my second book and became interested in the idea of pursuing the I had to do quite a bit of research involving the bomb Research, or did you happen upon this subject more recently? What brought them The rest of the colorful British Security Coordination (BSC) crew, in your past Did you come across Roald Dahl, William Stephenson and The Irregulars is your third book dealing with historicalĪspects of World War II.
Urn:oclc:869431526 Republisher_date 20160801094207 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 545 Scandate 20160731020258 Scanner Conant discusses The Irregulars, an insider's view of the counterintelligence game played by British spies, including Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming, in Washington DC during the early days of World War II.Ī Conversation with Jennet Conant, author of The Irregulars Urn:lcp:irregularsroaldd00cona_0:epub:d648bd48-6dd9-4dec-8df0-792c95aeb94e Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier irregularsroaldd00cona_0 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6j143d1c Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780743294584Ġ743294580 Lccn 2008012483 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Olsearch delete Openlibrary OL18895179M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:14:28.733018 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1144302 Boxid_2 CH129925 City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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