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Though sprawling, this book is a testament to the “ability of small groups of outsiders to challenge huge powers precisely because they have strengths that those powers see as weaknesses,” demonstrating how “the very people Hitler‘s Reich sought to exclude or destroy were singularly equipped to defeat him,” contributing their diverse backgrounds and scholarly skills to the newborn US intelligence service and playing a pivotal role in winning WWII.

I love novels written from various points of view & in different timelines, but it took me a bit to keep these straight.

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"Sometimes you have to gather yourself, you know, sometimes you, need to gird your loins or whatever needs girding."

Made me chuckle. ?

Clearly I couldn't be trusted in the Anne Frank Huis book store haha

Someone recommended this book to Tim Miller of The Bulwark, he added to footnotes, I borrowed it. Originally published in 1947, Reck details the rise of Hitler and Nazism with appropriate horror. I‘m only a bit into it , this paragraph !

Decent crime fiction. This was a random library pick because it‘s an Edgar winner, has a 4.42 on GR, and Dennis Lehane recommended it. I was curious about the Hard Case Crime covers, and they all seem to be like this! (There‘s almost no sex in this one. 😙)

💙📚BOOK REVIEW IS UP! 💙📚

⭐️⭐️THE LAST SECRET AGENT BY PIPPA LATOUR WITH JUDE DOBSON⭐️⭐️

⭐️QUICK THOUGHTS⭐️

⭐️ This woman was amazing!

⭐️So well researched and read like a novel

https://reecaspieces.com/2025/05/15/the-last-secret-agent-by-pippa-latour-with-j...

My husband and I have made it to Budapest on our trek through Eastern Europe. I‘ve tried to pick up a book in each country (but I missed out in Bulgaria and Croatia—not enough time to track down bookstores in the towns where we were that sell English editions). Anyway, I couldn‘t decide between a nonfiction and a fiction for Hungary —so I got them both. 😀 My carry-on is bursting at the seams now. Good thing we‘re heading home this weekend! 😬

Eye opening.