Jennet Conant
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Jennet Conant

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Jennet Conant is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II;109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos; and The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington. Her critically-acclaimed biography of her grandfather, one of the leaders of the Manhattan project, is Man of the Hour: James B. Conant, Warrior Scientist. She recently published The Great Secret: The Classified World War II Disaster that Launched the War on Cancer. Her latest book is Fierce Ambition: The life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins. A former journalist, she has written for Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, Newsweek, and The New York Times.
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    • Tuxedo Park

    • A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: John Kroft
    • Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 2018-09-25
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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    • The Irregulars

    • Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: Simon Prebble
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 2008-09-09
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

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    • A Covert Affair

    • Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: Jan Maxwell
    • Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 2011-04-05
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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    • 109 East Palace

    • Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: Anne Twomey
    • Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 2005-06-06
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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    • The Great Secret

    • The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: John Kroft
    • Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 2020-09-08
    • Language: English
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    • Fierce Ambition

    • The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins
    • Written by: Jennet Conant
    • Narrated by: EJ Lavery
    • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 2023-12-19
    • Language: English
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