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100 1 _aLoftis, Larry,
_eauthor.
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245 1 0 _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.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBerkley Caliber,
_c[2016]
300 _axiii, 368 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
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....
600 1 0 _aPopov, Dusko.
_98205
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zGreat Britain.
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650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xSecret service
_zGermany.
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650 0 _aSpies
_zGreat Britain
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aSpies
_zGermany
_vBiography.
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650 0 _aEspionage
_zGermany
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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_zGreat Britain
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_y20th century.
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