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xiii, 368 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
On a cool August evening in 1941, a Serbian playboy 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 moneywhich he had just stolen from the Germansbelonged to the British. From the sideline, watching with intent interest was none other than Ian Fleming... The Serbian was Dusko Popov. As a youngster, he was expelled from his London prep school. Years later he would be arrested and banished from Germany for making derogatory statements about the Third Reich. When World War II ensued, the playboy became a spy, eventually serving three dangerous masters: the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI. On August 10, 1941, the Germans sent Popov to the United States to construct a spy network and gather information on Pearl Harbor. The FBI ignored his German questionnaire, but J. Edgar Hoover succeeded in blowing his cover. 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... Into the Lion's Mouth is a globe-trotting account of a man's entanglement with espionage, murder, assassins, and loversincluding enemy spies and a Hollywood starlet. It is a story of subterfuge and seduction, patriotism, and cold-blooded courage. It is the story of Dusko Popovthe inspiration for James Bond. |
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Popov, Dusko.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spies -- Germany -- Biography.
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Espionage -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Espionage -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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True story of Dusko Popov, World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond |
| ISBN |
9780425281819 |
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0425281817 |
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