LEADER 02653nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910786160703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-94038-8 010 $a1-4422-2132-1 035 $a(CKB)2670000000329176 035 $a(EBL)1108225 035 $a(OCoLC)828187905 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000804714 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12346281 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000804714 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10823030 035 $a(PQKB)11211995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1108225 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1108225 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10643368 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL425288 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000329176 100 $a20120824d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn intriguing life$b[electronic resource] $ea memoir of war, Washington, and marriage to an American spymaster /$fCynthia Helms, with Chris Black 210 $aLanham $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4422-2131-3 327 $aContents; 1 In Search of a Life of My Own; 2 Maldon; 3 World War II and the Boat Crew Wrens; 4 Coming to America; 5 Annus Horribilis; 6 Mrs. Richard Helms; 7 Two Oaths; 8 Exploring the World; 9 The Legal Case; 10 Life Goes On; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Authors 330 $aFrom wartime England to Nixon's America and beyond, Cynthia Helms was witness to some of the seminal events of our time-Vietnam, Watergate, and especially the demoralization of the CIA in the 1970s for political purposes. Opening with her feminist "epiphany" in 1968 (the annus horribilus as she describes it) that led her to end her first marriage of 24 years, this memoir reveals a world where appearances always had to be questioned, where rumors and gossip carried the weight of intrigue.