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Author:

Drabkin, Ronald, author.

Title:

Beverly Hills spy / The Double-agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor Ronald Drabkin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

William Morrowan Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Rutland, Frederick,--1887-1949.
Espionage, Japanese--United States--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Japan.
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--United States.
Spies--United States--Biography.
British--Japan--Biography.
British--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Biography.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Pearl Harbor -- The Battle of Jutland -- Spurned by the RAF -- Dead US Marines -- The World's First Aircraft Carrier -- Geisha Party -- The Poker Game -- The Attempted Assassination of Charlie Chaplin -- The 1932 Summer Olympics -- The FBI and the Dead Spy -- The Attachae and the Sleeper -- Hollywood -- The Private Club -- Spy Work Is Not a Blank Check -- In Plain Sight -- The Coronation of King George VI -- The Secrets of the P-38 -- The Spy as a Good Father -- Many Strange Clues -- Counterspies -- Double Agent -- Tachibana -- The Blackmail of Charlie Chaplin -- The FBI Finally Wakes Up -- Beating the Suspect -- Political Fallout -- Meetings in Washington -- Looking for Spies in All the Wrong Places -- Pearl Harbor, Redux.

Summary:

"In the spirit of Ben Macintyre's greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland-a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars-who flipped to becomea spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0063310074
9780063310070

LCCN:

2023046767

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