The well-mannered assassin

A jet-setting woman is enlisted as a spy by the CIA to prevent blueprints of nuclear weapons from falling into terrorist hands. The author was an agent of the Office of Strategic Services, a U.S. spy service during World War II, and subsequently married into Spanish aristocracy. She wrote The Spy Wo...

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Main Author: Aline, Countess of Romanones, 1923-2017.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Putnam, {uFFFD}1994.
Physical Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm.
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Summary: A jet-setting woman is enlisted as a spy by the CIA to prevent blueprints of nuclear weapons from falling into terrorist hands. The author was an agent of the Office of Strategic Services, a U.S. spy service during World War II, and subsequently married into Spanish aristocracy. She wrote The Spy Wore Silk.
Item Description: A jet-setting woman is enlisted as a spy by the CIA to prevent blueprints of nuclear weapons from falling into terrorist hands. The author was an agent of the Office of Strategic Services, a U.S. spy service during World War II, and subsequently married into Spanish aristocracy. She wrote The Spy Wore Silk.
Physical Description: 336 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0399138633
9780399138638