The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II Cover Image

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The invisible spy : Churchill's Rockefeller Center spy ring and America's first secret agent of World War II / Thomas Maier.

ISBN: 9781335000606
ISBN: 1335000607
Physical Description: 470 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2025]
Copyright: &copy;2025

Maier, Thomas, 1956- (author.).

Summary:

"As a tough but smart Italian American kid, Ernest Cuneo played Ivy League football at Columbia University and was in the old Brooklyn Dodgers NFL franchise before becoming a city hall lawyer and "Brain Trust'' aide to President Roosevelt. But his status as a spy remained a secret, hiding in plain sight. During this time, Cuneo began a close friendship with British spy Ian Fleming and helped inspire Fleming's James Bond novels. He also began a love affair with one of Churchill's agents at Rockefeller Center, Margaret Watson, and eventually helped the British launch a covert campaign against Nazi conspirators hidden in America, an espionage war unbeknownst to many. Cuneo's transformation from a gridiron athlete into a high-stakes intelligence go-between and political influencer is one of the great untold stories of American espionage." --provided by publisher.