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Title: Marita
Subtitle: The Spy Who Loved Castro
Author: Marita Lorenz
Narrator: Carol Monda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Here is the dramatic, glamorous story of lover-turned-spy Marita Lorenz and her affair with Fidel Castro, the basis for a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Few people can say they have seen some of the most significant moments of the 20th century unravel before their eyes. Marita Lorenz is one of them.
Born in Germany at the outbreak of World War II, Marita was incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. In 1959, she traveled to Cuba where she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. Yet upon fleeing to America, she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate Castro. Torn by love and loyalty, she couldn't bring herself to slip him the lethal pills.
Her life would take many more twists and turns, including having a child with ex-dictator of Venezuela, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, testifying about the John F. Kennedy assassination, becoming a party girl with close ties to the New York Mafia, and then becoming a police informant.
Caught up in Cold War intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy, this is Marita's incredible autobiography of a young woman who became a spy for the CIA.
Members Reviews:
Interesting book
It is a interesting book,,filled with interesting stories.
Interesting but not well written
Interesting look at the behind the scenes stories in the relations between the US and Cuba. Not well narrated and lacked holding power past the middle of the book
Good and easy read
Hard to imagine all of this took place with one Individual, but thatâs what makes a good story to read.
Not sure I believe most of it, but still a good read.
I won a free copy of this book from Goodreads FirstReads.
I had never heard of Marita Lorenz before and I asked someone alive during her escapades who didn't remember her either. This is quite a story. At times it seems believable even plausible, but at others it sounds outlandish and impossible. On the one hand there are photographs of her with Castro and she did testify in front of Congress which must be verifiable. On the other many documents and photos were 'stolen' and she mentions the involvement of Chris Dodd who wasn't part of the Committee. The book for the most part was entertaining but got a little rambling at the end. So true or not it was engaging. The story starts with a girl born in Germany to an American mother and a German father caught up in WWII. Her mother's aid to the allies causes Marita to spend time in a concentration camp and to be sexually assaulted as a child. She spends time at sea with her father and meets many famous people. This travel introduces her to Fidel Castro with whom she falls madly in love. Then she is caught up with the government and a plot to kill him. She gets another dictator through these connections. Then adds the mob and police to the mix. Really a crazy story with many facets of Cold War America in the mix. Not sure I believe most of it, but still a good read.
Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro
Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro by Marita Lorenz is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late August.
It was the juxtaposition, I think, between Marita's Cupid's-bow lips, apple cheeks, and pert chin against Castro's burly beard on the cover that drew me into reading this book.
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Title: Marita
Subtitle: The Spy Who Loved Castro
Author: Marita Lorenz
Narrator: Carol Monda
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-05-17
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Personal Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Here is the dramatic, glamorous story of lover-turned-spy Marita Lorenz and her affair with Fidel Castro, the basis for a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Few people can say they have seen some of the most significant moments of the 20th century unravel before their eyes. Marita Lorenz is one of them.
Born in Germany at the outbreak of World War II, Marita was incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. In 1959, she traveled to Cuba where she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. Yet upon fleeing to America, she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate Castro. Torn by love and loyalty, she couldn't bring herself to slip him the lethal pills.
Her life would take many more twists and turns, including having a child with ex-dictator of Venezuela, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, testifying about the John F. Kennedy assassination, becoming a party girl with close ties to the New York Mafia, and then becoming a police informant.
Caught up in Cold War intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy, this is Marita's incredible autobiography of a young woman who became a spy for the CIA.
Members Reviews:
Interesting book
It is a interesting book,,filled with interesting stories.
Interesting but not well written
Interesting look at the behind the scenes stories in the relations between the US and Cuba. Not well narrated and lacked holding power past the middle of the book
Good and easy read
Hard to imagine all of this took place with one Individual, but thatâs what makes a good story to read.
Not sure I believe most of it, but still a good read.
I won a free copy of this book from Goodreads FirstReads.
I had never heard of Marita Lorenz before and I asked someone alive during her escapades who didn't remember her either. This is quite a story. At times it seems believable even plausible, but at others it sounds outlandish and impossible. On the one hand there are photographs of her with Castro and she did testify in front of Congress which must be verifiable. On the other many documents and photos were 'stolen' and she mentions the involvement of Chris Dodd who wasn't part of the Committee. The book for the most part was entertaining but got a little rambling at the end. So true or not it was engaging. The story starts with a girl born in Germany to an American mother and a German father caught up in WWII. Her mother's aid to the allies causes Marita to spend time in a concentration camp and to be sexually assaulted as a child. She spends time at sea with her father and meets many famous people. This travel introduces her to Fidel Castro with whom she falls madly in love. Then she is caught up with the government and a plot to kill him. She gets another dictator through these connections. Then adds the mob and police to the mix. Really a crazy story with many facets of Cold War America in the mix. Not sure I believe most of it, but still a good read.
Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro
Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro by Marita Lorenz is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late August.
It was the juxtaposition, I think, between Marita's Cupid's-bow lips, apple cheeks, and pert chin against Castro's burly beard on the cover that drew me into reading this book.