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Agent Garbo

The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler & Saved D-Day

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Agent Garbo

By: Stephan Talty
Narrated by: Clinton Wade
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Before he remade himself as the master spy known as Garbo, Juan Pujol was nothing more than a Barcelona poultry farmer. But as Garbo, he turned in a masterpiece of deception that changed the course of World War II. Posing as the Nazis’ only reliable spy inside England, he created an imaginary million-man army, invented armadas out of thin air, and brought a vast network of fictional subagents to life. The scheme culminated on June 6, 1944, when Garbo convinced the Germans that the Allied forces approaching Normandy were just a feint - the real invasion would come at Calais. Because of his brilliant trickery, the Allies were able to land with much less opposition and eventually push on to Berlin.

As incredible as it sounds, everything in Agent Garbo is true, based on years of archival research and interviews with Pujol’s family. This pulse-pounding thriller set in the shadow world of espionage and deception reveals the shocking reality of spycraft that occurs just below the surface of history.

©2012 Stephen Talty (P)2013 Audible, Inc. World War II Intelligence & Espionage Wars & Conflicts Europe Military Espionage War World Politics & Government Freedom & Security Interwar Period Americas Imperialism United States Imperial Japan

Critic reviews

"The book presses ever forward down a path of historical marvels and astonishing facts. The effect is like a master class that’s accessible to anyone, and Agent Garbo often reads as though it were written in a single, perfect draft." ( The Atlantic)
"Stephan Talty’s unsurpassed research brings forth one of the war’s greatest agents in a must-read book for those who think they know all the great World War II stories." (Gregory Freeman, author of The Forgotten 500)

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Story, performance flows like an Ian Fleming novel with plenty of suspense, plot twists, mistakes, etc. Yet, all real with historical impact.

Classic Spy Story But Real, Meaningful

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Espionage at it's finest. Fantastic, a much for any WW2 buff. 4 words remaining, Dave.

Must buy

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I enjoyed this World War II historical novel and the mostly unknown , but crucial, contribution of Juan puhol Agent Garbo.

A good read

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The level of detail is incredible. Juan Pujol Garcia's story comes alive. As far as I know there is no better book on the subject.

This is the best, most interesting account of agent Garbo I've ever heard or read.

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I knew a lot about the spy Garbo, from tv but I learned so much more from this book

great story

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