Angela
posts on 10/25/2011 10:10:15 PM
Anita, Garbo El Espia sounds wonderful. You would think with all the info flying around out there, we would find something on it. I'm going to keep looking for it. I agree with you, fact and/or fiction, Aline's books are the best. They are, after all, both. Long live duality and living with an open mind.
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Anita Savino Fournier
posts on 10/25/2011 6:59:18 PM
Okay everyone, it is nice to see you all on the message board again.
The Countess had suggested to me to view a DVD entitled "Garbo El Espia". I have searched everywhere, and finally IKIRU Films of Spain, responded. This Documentary includes Interviews of the Countess and others, and it won best documetary of 2009. Unfortunately it is not available in the USA. Which saddens me as I heard it was wonderful.
Mr. Taylor who Robert mentioned has worked at the Nat'l Archives for years. It would be nice if he were in on all these discussions we have as he could shed much light on the subject of espionage. Let's face it: fact or/and fiction, it still entertains us all.
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Angela
posts on 10/23/2011 2:53:11 PM
Robert, I'm sure you've noticed that when you go on Amazon and do a search for Aline's books, your book about Edmundo also pops up. Hopefully it gives you some peace of mind to know that many readers of her spy series will also read your book and come to their own conclusion. But for you to spend so much time trying to discredit her only makes you look petty, like a crow picking apart a carcass, and not like the fellow author you should be. It's okay to voice an opinion, but you come across like you were right there behind her during every episode of her life, and it's just not plausible. This is an entertainment forum, not a scientific think tank.
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Roseanne H.
posts on 10/22/2011 6:26:19 PM
Sadly, Robert H. has been discrediting the Countess on this board for YEARS. He just will not accept the fact that we KNOW she embellished her writings, and yet we LOVE her books and great storytelling. Let it rest, Robert, once and for all. Enough already.
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Kathy
posts on 10/22/2011 6:02:31 PM
For your research to be complimented by the person who provided the documents is a little somthing like someone looking in a mirror, isn't it?
The Countess' books have been entertaining for many, not just factual history. End of snarky discussion.
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Angela
posts on 10/22/2011 5:21:23 PM
Robert, Aline has clearly stated that she has changed dates of occurences. As for Edmundo's sad ending, I believe the Countess has stated that at the time she wrote about Edmundo's death, his cause of death was undetermined. You and Aline both agree that Edmundo died with his head in an oven. Yes, we know the dates don't fit, but she warns us of this beforehand, and it's not like she's claiming that her books are historical documents. If you really want to get technical about the criteria for fiction and nonfiction, we could probably discount every nonfiction book ever written, depending on your own personal beliefs and angle on the given subject.
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Robert Huddleston
posts on 10/22/2011 4:54:03 PM
Dear Angela,
You toss me too easy a challenge.
Aline, In The Spy Wore Red, claims Edmundo, aka Top Hat, murdered a man in the casino at Estoril, Portugal on December 30, 1943. Robert says that Edmundo was in Washington with his family on Christmas 1943 and did not arrive in Portugal until May 10, 1944.
Aline, In The Spy Went Dancing, claims Edmundo was murdered by the KGB in 1966, Robert says he died in 1974.
These are but two examples of how the countess created facts that never were. Her books should have been marketed as fictional memoirs with fictional characters.
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Angela
posts on 10/21/2011 7:41:43 PM
Robert, have you ever considered the possibility that maybe you and the Countess are both right? Why does it have to be that you are right and she is a liar?
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Robert Huddleston
posts on 10/21/2011 10:32:26 AM
Dear Angela,
When my biography, Edmundo: From Chiapas, Mexico to Park Avenue, was published I received a telephone call from John Taylor, Chief Archivist of World War Two documents in the National Archives. Mr. Taylor complemented me on the book and on my reaearch which was performed under his guidance. That call meant more to me than my wartime decorations.
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Anita
posts on 10/20/2011 9:02:38 PM
Hi Angela,
Hope all is well with you. If you have any idea how I can locate the book the Countess just finished, that is in fact, written in Spainish, please let me know. Apparently there is a hold up with The Countess getting final printing, etc. from her publisher here stateside.
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