The Spy Wore Red: My Adventures as as Undercover Agent in World War II - Hardcover

Aline, Countess Of Romanones

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394556658 ISBN 13: 9780394556659

Publisher: Random House, 1987

Synopsis

Chronicles the true story of Aline Griffith, a beautiful young woman who was working as a model for Hattie Carnegie in New York when she was recruited for World War II espionage work in Spain

About this title

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.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0394556658
• ISBN 13: 9780394556659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304