| Description |
481 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-461) and index. |
| Summary |
From Berlin to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the stories of the agents on the front lines of British intelligence. And the truth is often more remarkable than fiction. |
| Contents |
Into the shadows : life and death in Vienna -- The cost of betrayal -- A river full of crocodiles : murder in the Congo -- Moscow rules -- The wilderness of mirrors -- Compromising situations -- Escape from Moscow -- The Afghan plains -- Out of the shadows -- In the bunker. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. MI6 -- History -- 20th century.
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Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Spies -- Great Britain.
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| ISBN |
9781605983981 |
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1605983985 |
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