"A delicious gossipy and thoroughly engaging romp ... heartily recommended." -- Tim Tate
author of Hitler's British Traitors and The Spy Who Was Left Out in the Cold Ambassador's
daughter Nazi love interest Soviet spy FBI most wanted. Accompanying her parents to Berlin
in the 1930s Martha Dodd knew almost nothing about Adolf Hitler or the Nazis. Yet almost
overnight she stepped into the spotlight and found herself at the over-heated center of
Hitler's 'New Germany' befriending and dating several high-ranking Nazis including the head
of the Gestapo. An affair with a dashing Russian diplomat saw her recruited as a spy and so
began a long and tumultuous career in both Berlin and America including attempts to infiltrate
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's inner circle and playing a key role in Henry Wallace's
disastrous 1948 presidential campaign. Betrayed by a Hollywood-hustler-turned-double-agent
Martha spent years under deep FBI surveillance - escaping twice - and went to ground in Cold
War Prague sad lonely rich and bored living out her final decades in a Communist Sunset
Boulevard . Largely forgotten Martha Dodd began to emerge as an iconic historical figure in
the early 2000s. While her scandalous behavior and pro-Soviet leanings were never much in
dispute the actual matter of her guilt remained unresolved. Now using recently released KGB
archived information and FBI files author and journalist Brendan McNally sets the record
straight in Traitor's Odyssey telling the full epic tale of Martha Dodd's life for the first
time casting her in a new and bright light.
