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"The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones" by Larry Loftis; Atria Books (384 pages, $25.49) ––– First, she was a small-town girl turned Manhattan model, sporting the latest Hattie Carnegie designs. Later, she was the Countess of Romanones, a royal jet-setter who partied with Audrey Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy. And in-between? A secret agent for .
"The Princess Spy: The True Story of World War II Spy Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones" by Larry Loftis; Atria Books (384 pages, $25.49) ––– First, she was a small-town
Excerpt from ‘The Princess Spy’ Larry Loftis The Princess Spy by Larry Loftis.
In 1941, Aline Griffith, born and raised in a quiet New York suburb, is a college graduate desperate to aid in the war effort as World War II rages across Europe. Although she studied Spanish and French, she has hardly left New York and doesn’t know where to begin as a bright-eyed young woman whose only career experience is modeling clothes.
Aline’s life changes when she meets a man named Frank Ryan and reveals her love of adventure and her desire to do her part for her country. Within a few weeks he recruits her to join the Office of Strategic Services forerunner of the CIA. With a code name and expert training under her belt, she is sent to Spain to be a coder, but is soon given the additional assignment of infiltrating the upper echelons of society, mingling with high-ranking officials, diplomats, and titled Europeans, any of whom could be an enemy agent. Against this glamorous backd