| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 386 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Note |
"A Herman Graf book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-373) and index. |
| Summary |
Traces the career of the late Danish-born spy, drawing on extensive interviews to recount some of his more dramatic missions, his two escapes from Denmark, and his imprisonment in England as a suspected double agent. |
| Contents |
The Tightrope to Radar -- Trapped -- Himmler and the Longbow -- A Taste of Freedom -- On Location -- Flight Plan -- The Jigsaw Puzzle -- A Close Shave -- Take-Off -- Up Close and Personal -- Wing-Walker -- The Welcome -- Disbelief -- Sending for the Doctor -- The Spymaster -- SIS, SOE and a Strained Marriage -- Spy School -- A Recipe for Disaster -- Into Action -- A Fragile Foothold -- Bed Manners -- The Threat -- Meet the Wife -- Brothers in Arms -- History-Makers -- Infighting -- Christmas Horrors -- Hunted -- Bohr's Bombshell -- London Beckons -- Trek to the Unknown -- Closing In -- Surrounded -- Defiance and Loyalty -- Living on the Edge -- Walking with Ghosts -- Spilling the Beans -- The Gamble -- The Consequences -- The Ordeal -- A Diplomatic Incident -- Smear Campaign -- Powerless -- A New Betrayal -- All's Fair in Love and War -- When Life is Too Short -- The Accident -- Rewards and Memories -- Coming Home. |
| Subject |
Sneum, Thomas, 1917-2007.
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Spies -- Denmark -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Denmark -- Biography.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark -- Biography.
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Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Sneum, Thomas, 1917-2007. (OCoLC)fst01929147
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German Occupation of Denmark (1940-1945) (OCoLC)fst01353173
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World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
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Secret service. (OCoLC)fst01110661
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Spies. (OCoLC)fst01129772
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Underground movements, War. (OCoLC)fst01355184
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Denmark. (OCoLC)fst01204558
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Sneum, Thomas.
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Besetzung.
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Spion.
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Dänemark.
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Großbritannien.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1940-1945
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1939-1945
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ryan, Mark, 1962 January 5- Hornet's sting. New York : Skyhorse Pub., ©2009 9781602397101 (DLC) 2009006210 (OCoLC)277203539 |
| ISBN |
9781626367708 (electronic bk.) |
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1626367701 (electronic bk.) |
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