The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal Hardcover - 2016
by Blum, Howard
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- Title The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal
- Author Blum, Howard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition UsedVeryGood The cover shows normal wear and tear.
- Pages 528
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, New York
- Date 2016-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 49FUK9002WUM_ns
- ISBN 9780062307675 / 0062307673
- Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.5 in (23.37 x 16.26 x 3.81 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical:
- Topical: Women's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service -, Women spies - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015019329
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
In The Last Goodnight, the New York Times bestselling author Howard Blum reveals the riveting story of Betty Pack, a dazzling American debutante who became one of World War II's most successful Allied spies.
Time magazine called her "the Mata Hari of Minnesota"; OSS chief general "Wild Bill" Donovan called her "the greatest unsung heroine of the war." But for decades, the extent of Betty Pack's achievements as an agent during World War II, first for Britain's MI6 and then for America's OSS, remained classified. Now, in The Last Goodnight, the truth about this femme fatale--her dangerous liaisons and death-defying missions, the heartaches that haunted her life, her vital contributions to the Allied victory--forms a narrative more thrilling than fiction.
Betty Pack was charming, beautiful, and extremely intelligent: these qualities would prove crucial to her success as a spy. It was a vocation she fell into almost by accident, but she turned out to be a consummate professional. Using the code name "Cynthia," she seduced diplomats and military attachs across the globe in exchange for crucial secrets, but her missions went far beyond the bedroom. She repeatedly risked her life to secure coveted documents, such as the Polish codebooks that proved key to Alan Turing's success with Operation Ultra.
Blum masterfully spins Betty's triumphs, the trail of broken hearts she left in her wake, and her brushes with death into a suspenseful saga of wartime espionage. The Last Goodnight is a moving, cinematic biography, distinguished by its nuanced insight, of one of World War II's lost women--a heroine who deserves to be remembered, not only for what she did, but also for all that she sacrificed.
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Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/15/2016, Page 0
- Library Journal, 02/01/2016, Page 82
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 11/15/2015, Page 64
- Publishers Weekly, 02/22/2016, Page 0
