Spy Wore Red - Softcover
1943: Beautiful young American model Aline Griffith is recruited as a spy, trained, and flown to Spain, with her mission to infiltrate the highest echelons of Spanish society and uncover secret links to the Nazis.
Under the code name ''Tiger,'' this remarkable woman probed the depths of the Nazi underground, risking her life -- and her love -- in a glittering world of high intrigue far more exciting than any fictionalized thriller.
The Spy Wore Red is a harrowing first-hand account of the dangers and adventures she experienced as an undercover agent.
Under the code name ''Tiger,'' this remarkable woman probed the depths of the Nazi underground, risking her life -- and her love -- in a glittering world of high intrigue far more exciting than any fictionalized thriller.
The Spy Wore Red is a harrowing first-hand account of the dangers and adventures she experienced as an undercover agent.
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About the Author:
ALINE, COUNTESS OF ROMANONES, was born Aline Griffith in Pearl River, New York, in 1923. At twenty-one, she was a deep-cover OSS agent infiltrating the highest levels of society. Three years later, she married a Spanish grandee and become one of the most watched and admired women of international society. Today she is known as the bestselling author of The Spy Wore Red, The Spy Went Dancing, and The Spy Wore Silk.
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Entertaining. . . a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious. --Time
Reads like a perfect thriller! --New Yorker
Excellent. . . better than fiction! --Atlanta Journal and Constitution
One of the most fascinating women of style and substance I have met. If I didn't know her and her capacities, I would have had trouble believing this hair-raising story. --Oscar de la Renta
A welcome addition to the espionage genre. . . . --New York Times
Thrilling. . . exciting and dangerous adventures. --New York Post
A fascinating and exciting story evoking those marvelous days we served in the OSS in Europe. Her narrative reflects sensitively and accurately the clandestine intrigue and strategic maneuvers that marked the struggle between the secret services as well as the Allied and Axis powers, and the atmosphere and high social life in wartime Spain. --William J. Casey, CIA Director
Reads like a perfect thriller! --New Yorker
Excellent. . . better than fiction! --Atlanta Journal and Constitution
One of the most fascinating women of style and substance I have met. If I didn't know her and her capacities, I would have had trouble believing this hair-raising story. --Oscar de la Renta
A welcome addition to the espionage genre. . . . --New York Times
Thrilling. . . exciting and dangerous adventures. --New York Post
A fascinating and exciting story evoking those marvelous days we served in the OSS in Europe. Her narrative reflects sensitively and accurately the clandestine intrigue and strategic maneuvers that marked the struggle between the secret services as well as the Allied and Axis powers, and the atmosphere and high social life in wartime Spain. --William J. Casey, CIA Director
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- PublisherJove
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0515106534
- ISBN 13 9780515106534
- BindingMass Market Paperback
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