the true story of Dusko Popov: World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond
In 1941, on a cool August evening, Serbian playboy Dusko Popov created a stir at Casino Estoril in Portugal by throwing down an outrageously large baccarat bet to humiliate his opponent. The Serbian was a British double agent and the money---which he had just stolen from the Germans---belonged to the British. Ian Fleming was watching from the sidelines. Dustin Popov eventually served three masters: the Abwehr, MI5 and MI6, and the FBI, and his entanglement with espionage, murder, assassinations, lovers, enemy spies and a Hollywood starlet, became the exploits of his literary double, James Bond.