{"product_id":"9780547614816","title":"Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWere the D-Day landings saved from failure because of a lone secret agent?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgent Garbo\u003c\/i\u003e tells the astonishing story of a self-made secret agent who matched wits with the best minds of the Third Reich — and won. Juan Pujol was a nobody, a Barcelona poultry farmer determined to oppose the Nazis. Using only his gift for daring falsehoods, Pujol became Germany’s most valued agent — or double agent: it took four tries before the British believed he was really on the Allies’ side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the guise of Garbo, Pujol turned in a masterpiece of deception worthy of his big-screen namesake. He created an imaginary million-man army, invented armadas out of thin air, and brought a vast network of fictional subagents whirring to life. His unwitting German handlers believed every word, and banked on Garbo’s lies as their only source of espionage within Great Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor his greatest performance, Pujol had to convince the German High Command that the D-Day invasion of Normandy was a feint and the real attack was aimed at Calais. The Nazis bought it, turning the tide of battle at the crucial moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on years of archival research and interviews with Pujol’s family, \u003ci\u003eAgent Garbo\u003c\/i\u003e is a true-life thriller set in the shadow world of espionage and deception.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012665590000,"sku":"9780547614816","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547614816_p0.jpg?v=1763717207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547614816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}