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_aLoftis, Larry, _eauthor. _9386765 |
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_aInto the lion's mouth : _bthe true story of Dusko Popov : World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond / _cLarry Loftis. |
246 | 3 | 0 | _aTrue story of Dusko Popov, World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond |
250 | _aFirst edition. | ||
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_aNew York : _bBerkley Caliber, _c[2016] |
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_axiii, 368 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm |
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_atext _2rdacontent |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | _aForging the anvil -- Exiting feet first -- Spying for Hitler, killing for Churchill -- Magic -- The bee hive -- Too many devices -- Passion and addiction -- Death in the afternoon -- "He's not dead" -- Taranto and the target -- Casino Estoril -- Pearl Harbor warning -- Cover-up -- I'll kill her -- Butterflies and carnage -- Blown -- Incomplete canvas -- The art of the silent kill -- "Turn around slowly" -- Ticking -- Five lives -- Shots rang out -- Truth serum -- AUF -- D-Day -- Naked and shaved -- Ulla -- Partisan politics -- Johnny. | |
520 | _aA biography of Dusko Popov, who, as "an operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II ... seduced countless women--including agents on both sides--spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslav diplomat"--Amazon.com. | ||
520 | _aAugust 1941. Serbian playboy Dusko Popov created a stir at Casino Estoril in Portugal by throwing down an outrageously large baccarat bet to humiliate his opponent. The Serbian was a British double agent, and the money-- which he had just stolen from the Germans-- belonged to the British. Watching at the sideline was none other than Ian Fleming. An operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II, Popov seduced countless women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot. While MI5 desperately needed Popov to deceive the Abwehr about the D-Day invasion, they assured him that a return to the German Secret Service Headquarters in Lisbon would result in torture and execution. He went anyway.... | ||
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_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xSecret service _zGreat Britain. _924332 |
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_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xSecret service _zGermany. _925737 |
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_aSpies _zGreat Britain _vBiography. _9123065 |
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_aEspionage _zGermany _xHistory _y20th century. _9123063 |
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