- Hardcover
- 336
- The Spy with 29 Names
- Jason Webster
- English
- 17 June 2019 Jason Webster
- 9780701187743
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CHARACTERS ¼ The Spy with 29 Names Tler himself Above all in Operation Fortitude he diverted German Panzer divisions away from Normandy playing a crucial role in safeguarding D Day and ending the war and securing his reputation as the most successful double agent of the warMeticulously researched yet told with the verve of a thriller The Spy with 29 Names uncovers the truth – far stranger than any fiction – about the spy behind one of recent history’s most important and dramatic even Who knew Not many people won medals from both sides during WW2 Juan Pujol a likeable Spanish character who worked for British intelligence can claim this distinction creating and playing a cast of characters that completely fooled German intelligence and was vitally helpful to the D Day invasion This is a fun and informative read about a little known hero who played an essential part in the winning of the second world war
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CHARACTERS ¼ The Spy with 29 Names He fought on both sides in the Spanish Civil War He was awarded the Iron Cross by Hitler and an MBE by Britain To MI5 he was known as Garbo To the Abwehr he was Alaric He also went by Rags the Indian Poet Mrs Gerbers Stanley the Welsh Nationalist – and 24 other names He tricked Hitler over D Day He was the greatest double agent in historyBut who exactly was Juan PujolUsing his intimate knowledge of Spain and his skills as a crime novelist Jason Webster A joy of a book from a master storywriter about the imaginative power of print from the pageJason Webster correctly identifies the Key Skill of the double agent as the successful distribution of totally believable false stories Garbo JP in fact achieves his mastery of subterfuge mostly as a storywriter inventing a consistent and extravagant farrago of literary nonsense that is so moody and plausible that Hitler personally awards him the Iron Cross Germany s highest military honour This is a brilliantly adept book by a master about an earlier one the difference being that Webster unravels the incredibly complex strands of Garbo s deliberate falsehoods to write as close to the historical truth as we ll probably ever have the delight of getting near
SUMMARY The Spy with 29 Names
CHARACTERS ¼ The Spy with 29 Names Tells for the first time the full true story of the character who captured the imagination in Ben Macintyre’s Double Cross He tells of Pujol’s early life in Spain his determination to fight totalitarianism and his strange journey from German spy to MI5 Working for the British whom he saw as the exemplars of freedom and democracy he created a bizarre fictional network of spies – 29 of them – that misled the entire German high command including Hi Amazing Simply amazingThe story of Juan Pujol Garc a aka Alaric aka Garbo aka TWENTY SEVEN other names was told awesomely To tell you the truth I was going to use masterfully and then wonderfully but decided those sound too I m a wannabe New York Times Book Reviewer but I actually review for The Sun But Jason Webster truly is a stupendous that s a good word I like that word story teller and I m going to go out and get of his books as soon as I canThe reason this book is 4 stars is because I got confused about who one person was though I m sure if I were just a bit smarter I would be able to get it Well I guess I m just for sure not going to get into the spy section in the Army and because sometimes someone was introduced but their part didn t take place until the next chapter or so and I wanted them introduced chronologically But please if you re reading this review GO READ THE BOOK