A History of British Secret Service

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A History of British Secret Service.

Granada Publishing, St. Albans 1982, senere utgave, 8vo, orig. omslag, 512 s., engelsk tekst, fotoplansjer.

«A History of British Secret Service traces the development and organization of Intelligence and counter-espionage services in the United Kingdom from the reign of Henry VII to the present day. It illuminates a fascinating gallery of heroes and villains, from the Elizabethan Sir Francis Walsingham, who bankrupted himself paying for an efficient spy service out of his own pocket, to the notorious Philby, Burgess, Maclean and Blunt. The Secret Service has played its part in every major military and political event of the last four hundred years […]» — fra bakomslaget