D for Deception Single eBook Tina Rosenberg The Atavist
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Before Ian Fleming there was Dennis Wheatley. A best-selling spy novelist at the outset of World War II, Wheatley became a master of deception for Great Britain, turning pulp fiction fantasies into real-life espionage. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tina Rosenberg tells the amazing true story of one man who applied the plots of his own novels to the battlefield—and changed the course of history.
"Fascinating."—San Francisco Chronicle
“In D for Deception, one of our more remarkable Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists reveals a stunning spy story of massive historic and cultural impact. Dennis Wheatley was Britain’s most popular thriller writer in the 1930s, though his fiction is today mostly forgotten. Tina Rosenberg reveals Wheatley’s remarkable life as the mad genius in Winston Churchill’s bunker. Much of his story has been obscured, but thanks to Rosenberg, we can see him clearly now. And marvel. D for Deception will change the way you look at our past—and our present.”
—James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and Mad Dogs
"Tina Rosenberg's D for Deception shines a light on the curious wartime career of British thriller-writer Dennis Wheatley—it's a fascinating topic, deeply researched and brilliantly told. I enjoyed it immensely."—Jeremy Duns, author of The Dark Chronicles
D for Deception Single eBook Tina Rosenberg The Atavist
"D for Deception" by Tina Rosenberg is a short (fewer than 100 pages?) non-fiction account which primarily chronicles the 3 WWII years spent in the service of the British war effort by famous English author Dennis Wheatley.Wheatley (6 January 1897 - 10 November 1977) was one of the world's best-selling authors of "stylish thrillers and occult novels" (see his Wikipedia page) from the 1930's to 1960s. His "successor" is often thought to be Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond 007 novels.
During WWII, Wheatley was a member of the London Controlling Section, whose brainy, creative members worked secretly with the British government and military to create and coordinate strategic deception for Britain and the Allies. It is thought that their major accomplishment was keeping the date and location of the June 1944 invasion of France a total and complete secret from Hitler.
As a chronicle, it is an okay read, neither exciting nor dull, but rather exactly what it purports to be - a modestly detailed account of Wheatley's contributions to the war effort as a master creator of deception against the Hitler war machine. Occasionally, when appropriate, Rosenberg inserts quotations from a relevant Wheatley spy novel to add spice to her non-fiction account.
This little book is neither a biography nor a thriller. But for the Kindle price of $1.99 who can complain if you like the WWII espionage era? It's an average, quick read, harmless yet adding some interesting anecdotes to the storied era of England early in WWII. Though Rosenberg is no great writer, after reading her little book, I now wish all of Wheatley's spy novels from the late 1930's to early 1940s were available on Kindle. Not yet, it seems.
It's an automatic 3.
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D for Deception Single eBook Tina Rosenberg The Atavist Reviews
This is a part of World War II history that I was not aware of. Who better to create a vast scheme of deception than a professional novelist who writes about European conflicts and spies.
This is a fun read, well written and I found it very enjoyable.
The workings of the British Double Cross (XX) system used during World War II to mislead the Germans are generally well known. This extended short story adds little to what was already published except for identifying the central character and describing his skill in producing deception sccenarios that were truly creative. More important was the techniques he used to get support from a number of British senior officers for this unique approach to operational deception. His role as a well known pre-war writer of spy thrillers gave him an opening which he used well.
My main complaints are two
1. The apparent lack of any serious research into the XX system as reflected in the story itself.
2. A writing style which flows more like a criminal thriller than a biographical short story.
D for Deception ( Single)
A very good expose of part of the secret war that enabled the allied forces to win the many battles of WWII. It is clear from reading many histories of this conflict that deception and intelligence gathering through such means as code breaking and spying were as important as the valour of the fighting man and the tools at their disposal. One without the other could well have led to defeat. This story tho' short is about the author Dennis Wheatley, a distinguished and popular British author devoted to mystery stories of the darker kind, being brought into the secret parts of WWII. The story as told shows that the deceptions a writer uses are indeed useful in more serious activities. A good read showing yet another part of the jigsaw picture of victory.
Thrilled to find something new about World War II spying and deception! Wheatley's life as a bon vivant is a good story in itself, but even better is the story of how he used the plots of his spy novels to deceive Hitler. The man who hired him said "You know how to get inside the Nazis' heads."
I loved the hall-of-mirrors description of military deception -- and a different level of hall-of-mirrors as Rosenberg goes back and forth between Wheatley's fictional spy and his work in Churchill's bunker. The parallels between writing a deception plan and writing a novel are fascinating -- and Wheatley was a master at them both. Only downside waaaaay too short. Highly recommended.
Rather simply written but I would never have known about this extraordinary story if I hadn't read this.
Now I have to find the biography of Wheatly.
Clever use of extracts from the novels Wheatly wrote but really this was too short to develop the theme properly and I gave a 4 rating mainly to reflect the immense, historic importance of the time, but to me it would probably rate a 2 or 3 for literary worth. Still, good for Rosenberg alerting us to what happened.
There's a fascinating story of how bestselling UK pulp novelist ended up working in Churchill's War Office dreaming up crazy ideas that turned into massive dis-information plans against the Germans during WWII. While this short $2 single covers the facts, it does so in a completely un-inspiring fashion. It reads like a college book report. It's a short book and cheap, but unless you're unfamiliar with the story or a fan of Dennis Wheatley, I can't recommend it.
This book, while somewhat lightweight in its own right, serves to illuminate the connections within Britain's WWII clandestine disinformation campaign and also the literary connection to the genre of British spy novels. The author identifies the linkage to "Garbo" (see Stephan Anderson's "Double-Edged Sword" account of Juan Pujol)and provides a glimpse to the framework of the disinformation effort.
Likewise the author points out Ian Fleming's connection to the deception group and the philisophical between Dennis Wheatley's George Sallust and Ian Fleming's James Bond.
I'd like to see some of Wheatley's novels available on .
A. C.
"D for Deception" by Tina Rosenberg is a short (fewer than 100 pages?) non-fiction account which primarily chronicles the 3 WWII years spent in the service of the British war effort by famous English author Dennis Wheatley.
Wheatley (6 January 1897 - 10 November 1977) was one of the world's best-selling authors of "stylish thrillers and occult novels" (see his Wikipedia page) from the 1930's to 1960s. His "successor" is often thought to be Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond 007 novels.
During WWII, Wheatley was a member of the London Controlling Section, whose brainy, creative members worked secretly with the British government and military to create and coordinate strategic deception for Britain and the Allies. It is thought that their major accomplishment was keeping the date and location of the June 1944 invasion of France a total and complete secret from Hitler.
As a chronicle, it is an okay read, neither exciting nor dull, but rather exactly what it purports to be - a modestly detailed account of Wheatley's contributions to the war effort as a master creator of deception against the Hitler war machine. Occasionally, when appropriate, Rosenberg inserts quotations from a relevant Wheatley spy novel to add spice to her non-fiction account.
This little book is neither a biography nor a thriller. But for the price of $1.99 who can complain if you like the WWII espionage era? It's an average, quick read, harmless yet adding some interesting anecdotes to the storied era of England early in WWII. Though Rosenberg is no great writer, after reading her little book, I now wish all of Wheatley's spy novels from the late 1930's to early 1940s were available on . Not yet, it seems.
It's an automatic 3.
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