Description |
1 audio file (approximately 11 hr., 30 min.) : digital. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Performer |
Read by Simon Prebble. |
Note |
Unabridged. |
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Previously released on compact disc, 2008. |
Form |
Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices. |
Summary |
Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed. They called themselves the Baker Street Irregulars after the band of street urchins who were the eyes and ears of Sherlock Holmes in some Arthur Conan Doyle stories. This group constituted the very beginning of what would become M16, the British version of the CIA, and they helped support the fledgling American intelligence service, known at the time as the OSS ... |
Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
Subject |
Dahl, Roald -- Career in espionage.
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Great Britain. British Security Coordination.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.
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Propaganda, British -- United States.
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Added Author |
Prebble, Simon. Narrator.
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HighBridge Audio (Firm)
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Other Form: |
Original 9781598877670 (OCoLC)ocn317493906 |
ISBN |
9781598877670 |
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1598877674 |
Music No. |
Z10007917 Recorded Books |
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