Go Spy the Land: Being the Adventures of IK8 of the British Secret Service - Couverture souple

Alexander Hill, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849546525 ISBN 13 : 9781849546522

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Before espionage entered the era of modern technology, there was the age of George Alexander Hill: a time of swashbuckling secret agents, swordsticks and secret assignations with deadly female spies. The daring escapades of some of the first members of Britain's secret service are revealed in this account of perilous adventure and audacious missions in Imperial and revolutionary Russia. First published in 1932, Hill's rip-roaring narrative recounts tales of his fellow operatives Arthur Ransome - author of Swallows and Amazons and one of the most effective British spies in Russia - and Sidney Reilly - so-called Ace of Spies and architect of a thwarted plot to assassinate the Bolshevik leadership. Unavailable for decades, this lost classic offers fascinating portraits of a world unfathomable to those growing up against a backdrop of WikiLeaks and cyber espionage, and of true-life characters whose exploits were so extraordinary that they have entered the realm of legend.

The best collection of military, espionage, and adventure stories ever told.The Dialogue Espionage Classics series began in 2010 with the purpose of bringing back classic out-of-print spy stories that should never be forgotten. From the Great War to the Cold War, from the French Resistance to the Cambridge Five, from Special Operations to Bletchley Park, this fascinating spy history series includes some of the best military, espionage and adventure stories ever told.

Biographie de l'auteur :

GEORGE ALEXANDER HILL worked for the British secret service in the Balkans and Russia during the First World War and in the immediate aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution. He operated alongside Sidney Reilly, the so-called 'Ace of Spies', collecting intelligence and sabotaging both German and Bolshevik operations. Kim Philby, who worked alongside him during the Second World War described him as 'jolly George Hill' and said he was one of the few living Englishmen who had actually put sand in axle boxes .

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849546525
• ISBN 13: 9781849546522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320