THE PRINCESS SPY
“The Princess Spy is one of the most glamorous and thrilling espionage tales ever told.”
—Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Book Review
THE PRINCESS SPY was an instant New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Indie bestseller, a “Best Books to Read in 2021” pick by The TODAY Show, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, and was awarded the bronze medal for nonfiction at the 2021 Florida Book Awards.
The Princess Spy is a Barnes & Noble Pick for September!
“Larry Loftis is back with another captivating spy story that will have readers racing to read the full account of Aline Griffith, the Countess of Romanoes, who risked everything to serve her country. Readers won’t get enough of this vivid recounting of her dazzling adventures.”
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Larry’s TODAY show segment with NBC correspondent Kerry Sanders.
What People Are Saying
“[A] real-life espionage thriller…Fast-paced, edgy and highly engaging... A page-turning literary franchise.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Filled with glamour, glitz, and mysterious characters...Sumptuous.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Loftis, a historian who’s written two previous nonfiction spy thrillers, delivers a rich, deeply researched account of Griffith’s espionage escapades.”
—Washington Post
“Spellbinding … With splashes of glamour set against dire stakes and covert operations.”
—BookBub
“[A] meticulously researched, beautifully crafted work of nonfiction that reads like a James Bond thriller.”
—Bookreporter
“As exciting as any spy novel.”
—New York Daily News
The Story
When Aline Griffith was born in a quiet suburban New York hamlet, no one had any idea that she would go on to live “a life of glamour and danger that Ingrid Bergman only played at in Notorious” (Time). As the United States enters the Second World War, the young college graduate is desperate to aid in the war effort, but no one is interested in a bright-eyed young woman whose only career experience is modeling clothes.
Aline’s life changes when, at a dinner party, she meets a man named Frank Ryan and reveals how desperately she wants to do
her part for her country. Within a few weeks, he helps her 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. Against this glamorous backdrop of galas and dinner parties, she recruits sub-agents and engages in deep-cover espionage.
Even after marrying the Count of
Romanones, one of the wealthiest men in Spain, Aline secretly continues her covert activities, being given special assignments when abroad that would benefit from her impeccable pedigree and social connections.
“[A] meticulously researched, beautifully crafted work of nonfiction that reads like a James Bond thriller” (Bookreporter), The Princess Spy brings to vivid life the dazzling adventures of a spirited American woman who risked everything to serve her country.
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