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Exiled Emissary is a biography of the colorful life of George H.
Earle, III - a Main Line Philadelphia millionaire, war hero awarded
the Navy Cross, Pennsylvania Governor, Ambassador to Austria and
Bulgaria, friend and supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, humanitarian,
playboy, and spy. Rich in Casablanca-style espionage and intrigue,
Farrell's deeply personal study presents FDR and his White House in
a new light, especially when they learned in 1943 that high-ranking
German officials approached Earle in Istanbul to convey their plot
to kidnap Hitler and seek an armistice. When FDR rejected their
offer, thereby prolonging World War II, his close relationship with
Earle became most inconvenient, resulting in Earle's exile to
American Samoa. Earle eventually returned to the United States,
renewing his warnings about communism to President Truman, who
underestimated the threat as a "bugaboo." Now, over four decades
following Earle's death, Farrell has uncovered newly declassified
records that give voice to his warnings about a threat we now know
should have never been dismissed.
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