Book- Unmasked: A True Story of Charm, Intrigue, and Master Spycraft

This book by Marjorie Ross concludes an investigation she started in the early nineties and spanned over ten years.

As a result of her research, the real identity of an elusive Soviet spymaster was not only revealed for the first time, but it unmasked his roles in some of the most important covert operations of the

20th century.

Since it was first published in Spanish in 2004, others worldwide have quoted and used her work.

Now, her book is finally available in English format.

His real name was Joseph Romualdovich Grigulevich Lavretsky.

A shrewd businessman and diplomat, he was a veteran Soviet spy known in the Center (the Lubyanka, KGB’s headquarters) as Miguel, Juzik, Felipe, Padre, Artur, Daks, Maks, José Ocampo, I. P. Lavretsky, I. Grigoriev, and Maximov.

Grigulevich was Chilean writer Pablo Neruda’s and Mexican painter José David Alfaro Siqueiros’ comrade and controller, and his spy-ring included several other renowned artists and writers.

Always the charming gentleman, as “Teodoro B. Castro,” he played the role of Costa Rica's Special Envoy to Italy and Yugoslavia, dazzling government officials and post-war Roman political and social circles.

He became a close friend to Prince Julio Pacelli –nephew of Pope Pious XII–, to the American Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce, and to many

other celebrities.

A key figure in some of the most relevant episodes of Soviet espionage in the 20th Century, Grigulevich’s life surpasses fiction.

451 pages.