| Agent 146: The True Story of a Nazi Spy in America Library Edition Contributor(s): Gimpel, Erich (Author), Vance, Simon (Read by), Whiting, Charles (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0786184736 ISBN-13: 9780786184736 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: July 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime | Espionage - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.66" W x 4.96" (0.19 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A spy has feelings like any other man. As you will see from my story, he falls in love, gives way to the same passions, has moments of black despair and great jubilation. But, unlike other men, he walks hand in hand with fear...one error of judgment can lead him to the scaffold."--from the book September 1944. Germany is burning at both ends, and the Third Reich is crumbling. Word has drifted back to Berlin that the Americans are testing a secret weapon of unbelievable destruction, a weapon that will win the war. The Fuhrer himself calls upon agent 146 in a last-ditch effort to sabotage America's atomic program. Two months later, a German U-boat surfaces off the coast of Maine, and a fascinating game of cat and mouse ensues as the FBI attempts to close in on the elusive Nazi spy. Never before published in the United States, Agent 146 is a spellbinding memoir of espionage under the Third Reich. With fascinating accounts of the Nazi's plans to sabotage the Allies--from sending in commandos to capture Gibraltar to blowing up the Panama Canal--this is a must-read for any World War II history buff. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gimpel, Erich: - Erich Gimpel was recruited by the Third Reich to spy on America. He was caught in New York in January 1945 and sentenced to hang but was given a last-minute reprieve. He served ten years in the Fort Leavenworth and Alcatraz prisons then returned home to Germany where he wrote his memoir. Vance, Simon: -Simon Vance is an award-winning actor and an AudioFile Golden Voice with over forty Earphones Awards. He has won thirteen prestigious Audie Awards and was Booklist's very first Voice of Choice in 2008. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. |