The Irregulars by Jennet Conant recounts a little known chapter of World War II: the British espionage operations based in Washington during those eventful days. Roald Dahl (later author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is revealed in the book as just one of many British spies prowling about. This tale is all true proving, as always, that truth will always outdo fiction. And the book may be of more than passing interest to people in Martinsville and Henry County.