Jennet Conant is the author of The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington, published by Simon & Schuster. Jennet Conant answered questions from the audience. According to her profile at publisher Schuster & Schuster’s website, she has written two New York Times bestsellers, The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington and Tuxedo Park. She talked about the challenges that she faced in researching a spy outfit. The irregulars by Jennet Conant, September 9, 2008, Simon & Schuster edition, Hardcover in English. Robert Oppenheimer, who headed the Manhattan Project which led to the creation of the atomic bomb.

Dahl and other spies, including James Bond author Ian Fleming, attempting to shift public opinion about the British crisis with Nazi Germany.

Dahl worked to end the neutrality of America during the onset of World War II as a covert spy for the British Intelligence in an outfit called the Baker Street Irregulars.

This is a terrific tale - and it's all true, proving anew that history trumps even the most vivid fiction.T12:48:02-04:00 Jennet Conant talked about the life of children’s author Roald Dahl, who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach. Conant, Warrior Scientist, and the New York Times bestsellers The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington and Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. By recovering Roald Dahl, the man at the center of seemingly everything, and placing him and his shadowy work in historical context, Conant has shed fresh light on the complexities and contradictions of the 'special relationship' between Roosevelt and Churchill and their nations. Jennet Conant is the author of Man of the Hour: James B. 'With grace and insight and an unerring eye for the telling human detail, Jennet Conant has given us an entertaining and enlightening account of a long-forgotten but essential chapter of the Second World War: the British espionage operations based in Washington during those epic days.

All the complexities of friends spying on friends, yet as good a weekend companion as you'll find this year.' - Alan Furst, author of The Spies of Warsaw Immensely intelligent and entertaining, with a narrative so strongly fashioned it reads, and compels, like the best fiction. 'Jennet Conant's new book is pure pleasure. Jennet Conant The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington Paperback Illustrated, Septemby Jennet Conant (Author) 298 ratings Editors' pick Best History See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. 'A fascinating glimpse of the intrigue and spying inside the British-American alliance in wartime Washington.' - Ben Bradlee

The Irregulars by Jennet Conant