03364cam a2200313 4500 1146330369 TxAuBib 20240216120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063310100 0063310104 7fdd5698-de9b-45a7-9dbb-7acb0fa62cb6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9852636 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Drabkin, Ronald. Beverly Hills Spy [Libby Audiobook] : The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor. HarperAudio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 280MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 280MB. HTML:<p><strong>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 become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.</strong></p> <p>Frederick Rutland was an accomplished aviator, British WWI war hero, and real-life James Bond. He was the first pilot to take off and land a plane on a ship, a decorated warrior for his feats of bravery and rescue, was trusted by the admirals of the Royal Navy, had a succession of aeronautical inventions, and designed the first modern aircraft carrier. He was perhaps the most famous early twentieth-century naval aviator.</p> <p>Despite all of this, and due mostly to class politics, Rutland was not promoted in the new Royal Air Force in the wake of WWI. This ignominy led the disgruntled Rutland to become a spy for the Japanese navy. Plied with riches and given a salary ten times the highest-paid admiral, shuttled between Los Angeles and Tokyo where he lived in large mansions in both Beverly Hills and Yokohama, and insinuating himself into both LA high society and Japan's high command, Rutland would go on to contribute to the Japanese navy with both strategic and technical intelligence. This included scouting trips to Pearl Harbor, investigations of military preparedness, and aircraft technology. All this while living a double life, frequenting private California clubs and hosting lavish affairs for Hollywood stars and military dignitaries in his mansion on the Los Angeles Bird Streets.</p> <p>Supported by recently declassified FBI files and by incorporating unique and rare research through MI5 and Japanese Naval archives that few English speakers have access to, author Ronald Drabkin pieces together to completion, for the first time, this stranger-than-fiction story of one of the most fascinating and enigmatic characters of espionage history.</p> <p>Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.</p>. True Crime. Nonfiction. Military. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-02-15 20:00:02. Dewhurst-Phillips, Sam. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7fdd5698-de9b-45a7-9dbb-7acb0fa62cb6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7fdd5698-de9b-45a7-9dbb-7acb0fa62cb6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)