New York Times and international bestselling author of INTO THE LION'S MOUTH, CODE NAME: LISE, THE PRINCESS SPY, and THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER; screenwriter
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Seven years ago today (Oct. 12, 2019) this was my office. I was in the middle of research for THE PRINCESS SPY, which came out Feb. 9, 2021.
It turned out okay (see second image).
Like everything else, the joy is in the journey.
#bestsellers #nonfiction #truestory #history
Like #audiobooks? Like true spy stories? Here's a few Amazon suggestions (I personally like #1 the best :)).
The greatest sequel in Hollywood history. "Legendary" is an understatement. No one works harder than @TomCruise.
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Honored, brothers! Go Gators (and Gamma Theta)!
Congratulations to the 52 brothers selected as recipients for the Significant Sig Award for 2026! This distinguished honor recognizes brothers who have achieved high levels of professional success in their careers. To view the full list, please visit sigmachi.org/fraternity-anno…
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A complete surprise and truly honored! Many thanks to brother Steve Price for nominating me, and brother Paul Sangiovanni for telling the award committee that I don't drink out of the fish bowl (gave that up years ago!). :)
In hoc, and Go Gators!
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Attention shoppers: CODE NAME: LISE in ebook format is now on sale at Amazon for $1.99!
Looking at the rankings, it appears that people love sales!
#books #sales #ebook #wwii #ww2 #history #nonfiction #truestory
Running an errand at the mall today and stopped by @BNBuzz in case they had any stock to sign ... and they did!
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Hey @thetimes, why do you keep SPAMMING my email account? You email me EVERY DAY with your newsletter but I never signed up for it and have never even visited your website. From where did you buy my email address?
You have an "Unsubscribe" button but it requires me to "Log in" to my account, but I DON'T HAVE a @thetimes account!
Looks to me like an INTENTIONAL spamming operation that can never be stopped!
@FTC @RonDeSantis
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Here's MI5's translation of British double agent Dusko Popov's German questionnaire given to him by the Abwehr at the beginning of April 1944 (which I copied from Popov's files at the UK National Archives at Kew).
First two questions: When will the landing take place, and where?
With 7-9 hour interrogations by the Abwehr, Gestapo, and SD, Popov convinced them the invasion would come at Calais in mid-July 1944. #DDay81 #DDay
British double agent Dusko Popov, more than anyone else, was the reason the Germans were deceived about D-Day. He was their best agent (so they believed) and he convinced them the landing would occur at Calais in July 1944. #DDay
My alma mater has done it again ... Gators win their THIRD men's basketball National Championship!
Go Gators! 2025 National Champs!
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"I'm your Huckleberry."
-- Walter Clayton, Jr.
On to the National Championship game!
Congrats, Gators! xitter.cf/LarryLoftis/status/190…
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Thrilled to see that my alma mater (Univ. of Florida) will be playing for the National Championship in men's basketball against ... it appears to be Duke at this point.
Go Gators!! #Gators #GoGators #SEC xitter.cf/LarryLoftis/status/190…
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Barnes & Noble has a great Easter gift idea for your Russian friends ... A Russian edition of THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER!
@BNBuzz #eastersunday #easter #corrietenboom
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Quick FYI ... All four of my books are currently in Hollywood development, although one is stuck in the infamous "Development Hell" because the producer also has INTO THE LION'S MOUTH and they're working on that one first.
I've written the screenplays for all four, plus the script for a fifth book I'm working on. Anyone interested can check my website (LarryLoftis.com) for updates on each book/movie.
#Hollywood #films #TrueStory #books
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As Dusko Popov said many years later, Pearl Harbor should have been a "turkey shoot."
During my research for INTO THE LION'S MOUTH at the US National Archives, I held in my hands the actual Pearl Harbor questionnaire that double agent Popov gave to Asst. FBI Director Earl Connelley on August 18, 1941 during a meeting at the Commodore Hotel in NY.
Connelley forwarded that document in a transmittal letter to J. Edgar Hoover the next day, and I held in my hands that document as well.
Hoover was xenophobic, however, and hated spies and playboys, so he ignored and then buried the information, keeping it classified his entire life.
There were eight investigations of the Pearl Harbor attack, and not one saw any of these documents or heard a word about Popov. Popov's questionnaire and Connelley's letter are in the Appendix to my book. It was the first time these documents had been seen in public.
#pearlharbor #dec7 #december7 #fbi #jedgarhoover #dayofinfamy #WWII #ww2 #pearlharbormemorial #history #wwiihistory #ww2history
