The Wartime Journals - Couverture rigide

Trevor-Roper, Hugh

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848859902 ISBN 13 : 9781848859906

Editeur : I.B. Tauris, 2011

Synopsis

As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and confidential nature of his work. However, he confided a record of his thoughts in a series of slender notebooks inscribed OHMS (On His Majesty's Service). This title reveals the experiences of Trevor-Roper.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914-2003) was Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK for over twenty years, a member of the House of Lords from 1979 and Master of Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, UK 1980-87. His historical interests included England during the 17th century civil wars, the history of ideas during the Renaissance and Enlightenment, 20th-century espionage and treason, and Hitler's Germany. Trevor-Roper was a senior wartime Intelligence officer, and retained his links with the security services until the 1970s. He also travelled widely overseas as a highly regarded special correspondent for the Sunday Times.

Richard Davenport-Hines has edited or co-edited three previous volumes of Hugh Trevor-Roper's letters and journals. His most recent book is a study of communist espionage, the Security Service and the Cambridge spies, Enemies Within (2018). He is a Former Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: I.B. Tauris
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848859902
• ISBN 13: 9781848859906
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Davenport-Hines Richard
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