The Careless Spy Author:Bernard Schwartzberg This unique tale is based upon the actual life of Princess Noor, a naïve young woman who helped defeat the Nazis. It traces her astonishing odyssey from her birth inside the Kremlin in 1914 to 1944, as she evolves from complete innocence into an historical heroine. Liberally spiced with accurate details, this spy adventure puts into perspective ... more »the crises leading up to and through World War II. Reared in Paris by overly protective royal parents from Peshawar, India she reaches the age of twenty-one as a naïve, emotional, careless and impulsive young lady?hardly the attributes of a future spy. It is at this point that she meets Paulo, a classmate at the School for Writing, and the two innocents become lovers. This novel?s plot is built around blocks of historical events laced with tinges of adventure, sex, spy hunting and humor. Comments by letter and E-mail of some readers of this novel: You write your characters with great interest and they are fully drawn. This is an action-packed story with added intrigue about Noor, a whimsical and courageous woman?Carolyn Fleg, editor at John Daniel & Company. TamarahJ: Captivating story and a wonderful job of developing the plot and characters. The writing style is not overbearing and with some of the brewing tensions of the era tossed in, makes it one of the best stories I?ve read in quite some time. Nancys: I wasn?t prepared for the fact the Princess Noor was so delightful. I read it twice and realized that your extensive research brought to life this fairly unknown historical hero. Your prose is fantastically woven throughout this novel by combining history along with gripping dialogue between the characters.« less