Clever Girl
A Nellie Bly Novella

Elizabeth Bentley was a self-proclaimed Soviet spy who turned FBI informant. This book, while it is sympathetic to her, doesn't ignore her obvious, obvious warts as a human being. People like Bentley are up for a reexamination, considering that access to Soviet archives has shown those they named we......more

I read this book because its subject, Elizabeth Bentley, listed among her sources in the Government two of my graduate school professor. They are alleged to have been part of the Silvermaster Group, the larger of the two spy rings Bentley managed for a brief period in the early days of WWII. Kessler......more

I really enjoyed the book. I read it because she was my 5th cousin and I enjoy tracing my family tree. As well Red Spy Queen is another book about her, which is another one I liked. Elizabeth wrote a book about her life, which I haven't read yet. All in all she had an intresting life and someone i'd......more

Well-written, if somewhat dry, biography of a little-known woman who nevertheless turned out to be a key player in Soviet espionage in America. Elizabeth Bentley became a Communist in reaction to the Great Depression and the excesses she observed in Mussolini's fascist Italy, started spying for the......more