INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
“As exciting as any spy novel” (Daily News, New York), The Princess Spy follows the hidden history of an ordinary American girl who became one of the OSS’s most daring World War II spies before marrying into European nobility. Perfect for fans of A Woman of No Importance and Code Girls.
When Aline Griffith was born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, no one had any idea that she would go on to live “a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious” (Time). As the United States enters the Second World War, the young college graduate is desperate to aid in the war effort, but no one is interested in a bright-eyed young woman whose only career experience is modeling clothes.
Aline’s life changes when, at a dinner party, she meets a man named Frank Ryan and reveals how desperately she wants to do her part for her country. Within a few weeks, he helps her join the Office of Strategic Services—forerunner of the CIA. With a code name and expert training under her belt, she is sent to Spain to be a coder, but is soon given the additional assignment of infiltrating the upper echelons of society, mingling with high-ranking officials, diplomats, and titled Europeans. Against this glamorous backdrop of galas and dinner parties, she recruits sub-agents and engages in deep-cover espionage.
Even after marrying the Count of Romanones, one of the wealthiest men in Spain, Aline secretly continues her covert activities, being given special assignments when abroad that would benefit from her impeccable pedigree and social connections.
“[A] meticulously researched, beautifully crafted work of nonfiction that reads like a James Bond thriller” (Bookreporter), The Princess Spy brings to vivid life the dazzling adventures of a spirited American woman who risked everything to serve her country.
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The Princess Spy
The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
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The Princess Spy
The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Dramatis Personae
- Preface
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Dying to Fight
- Chapter 2: The Farm
- Chapter 3: Close Encounters
- Chapter 4: The Clerk
- Chapter 5: Man of Swords
- Chapter 6: Snatch-22
- Chapter 7: Death by Murder
- Chapter 8: Putting on the Ritz
- Chapter 9: Glorious Gloria
- Chapter 10: Visitors
- Chapter 11: The Body
- Chapter 12: Resurrection
- Chapter 13: The Prisoner
- Chapter 14: The Bohemian
- Chapter 15: The Lady Vanishes
- Chapter 16: The Count
- Chapter 17: Butch
- Chapter 18: Pay Dirt
- Chapter 19: Intelligence Goes to Ground
- Chapter 20: Paris
- Chapter 21: La Tienta
- Chapter 22: The Bookkeeper
- Chapter 23: Cortando la Coleta
- Chapter 24: Countess Quintanilla
- Chapter 25: Living the Dream
- Chapter 26: Twin Souls
- Epilogue: The Rest of the Story
- Acknowledgments
- Reading Group Guide
- About the Author
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright
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