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Jennet Conant

Jennet Conant is the author of 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. A... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. "Catch the good within reach--that is the great art of life." Samuel Johnson
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My life in 8 words: "Pains and pleasures of family, writing, dogs, tennis"
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A Covert Affair will be released on November 01, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Nov 01, 2011
A Covert Affair is now available in Trade Paperback
Nov 01, 2011
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Excerpt 1 from A Covert Affair
May 11, 2011
A Covert Affair will be released on April 05, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Apr 05, 2011
A Covert Affair is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Apr 05, 2011
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Mar 23, 2011
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A Covert Affair
Mar 18, 2011
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The Irregulars will be released on September 08, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009
The Irregulars is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009
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Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...but the writing does not. Interest was re-kindled in Fleming’s work when I reviewed The Irregulars by Jennet Conant. She includes Fleming’s story as a character in a mission ordered by Churchill himself to counter the isolationist movement in the...
KansasCity.com, December 2, 2011
...author a confounding, unexpected and complicated riddle of a life to unwind. •  “A Covert Affair,” by Jennet Conant (Simon & Schuster). A fascinating tale of a tight circle of OSS intelligence workers sent to India, Ceylon and China during World...
WRTI 90.1 FM, November 17, 2011
...while singer Dionne Warwick delivers her life story, music critic Alex Ross charts the evolution of his taste, Jennet Conant explores Julia and Paul Childs' secret World War II spy work, and Michael Korda recounts the life of Lawrence of Arabia. Fiction...
Delmarva Public Radio, November 16, 2011
...while singer Dionne Warwick delivers her life story, music critic Alex Ross charts the evolution of his taste, Jennet Conant explores Julia and Paul Childs' secret World War II spy work, and Michael Korda recounts the life of Lawrence of Arabia. Fiction...
Holliston Patch, September 20, 2011
...History Book Club for adults meets at 6:30 p.m. This months' book is "Tuxedo Parkby" by Jennet Conant. Both groups meet downstairs in the Gilman Room.  3. Holliston Cable Access Television plans to broadcast the Board of Assessor's meeting live...
MetroWest Daily News, September 8, 2011
...will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. The club has chosen ?Tuxedo Park? by Jennet Conant, a book about a secretive New York philanthropist who helped invent radar and the atomic bomb. Participants are asked to read the book, available at the...
AllVoices, September 3, 2011
...flakes, but the writing does not.Interest was re-kindled in Flemings work when I reviewed The Irregulars by Jennet Conant almost two years ago. She includes Flemings story as a character in a mission ordered by Churchill himself to counter the...
77 WABC RADIO, January 1, 2012
...that their adventures with the spy service would lead them into a ... colleague, a terrifying FBI investigation. by Jennet Conant, Goodrich, Stratfor, Exeunt, Jon Macey, Hoover...
Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...but the writing does not. Interest was re-kindled in Fleming’s work when I reviewed The Irregulars by Jennet Conant. She includes Fleming’s story as a character in a mission ordered by Churchill himself to counter the isolationist movement in the...
Examiner.com, December 15, 2011
...not Roosevelt actually said it, the statement was as true then as it is now. The Irregulars by Jennet Conant offers a romantic examination of people and events leading up to the entry of the United States into World War II and its continued involvement....
MENAFN, December 11, 2011
..."as many as 4,000 Widgeon have fed in the duck ponds during a winter," according to Jennet Conant's book about Loomis, "Tuxedo Park." ROOT OF THE MATTER Bird walks were a hot social outing soon after the bridge was built to Hilton Head in 1956...
KansasCity.com, December 2, 2011
...author a confounding, unexpected and complicated riddle of a life to unwind. •  “A Covert Affair,” by Jennet Conant (Simon & Schuster). A fascinating tale of a tight circle of OSS intelligence workers sent to India, Ceylon and China during World...
77 WABC RADIO, November 19, 2011
...GUESTS: Jennet Conant, A Covert Affair I, Jennet Conant, A Covert Affair II, Anthony Summers, Robin Swann, The Eleventh Day, the full story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden I, Anthony Summers...
WRTI 90.1 FM, November 17, 2011
...while singer Dionne Warwick delivers her life story, music critic Alex Ross charts the evolution of his taste, Jennet Conant explores Julia and Paul Childs' secret World War II spy work, and Michael Korda recounts the life of Lawrence of Arabia. Fiction...