Strange Intelligence: Memoirs of Naval Secret Service - Couverture souple

Ferraby, H. C.; Bywater, Hector C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849548846 ISBN 13 : 9781849548847

Editeur : Biteback Publishing, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Hector C. Bywater was perhaps the British secret service's finest agent operating in Germany before the First World War, tasked with collecting intelligence on naval installations. Recruited by Mansfield Cumming, the first 'C'(or head of what would become MI6), Bywater was given the designation 'H2O' in what was a rather obvious play on his name and the equivalent of James Bond's '007'. Indeed, the charming, courageous Bywater probably came as close to the popular image of Ian Fleming's most famous character as any British secret agent ever did.

Originally written up in 1930 as a series of thrilling articles in the Daily Telegraph, his experiences were soon turned into a book, with the help of Daily Express journalist H. C. Ferraby, collating Bywater's espionage endeavours in one rollicking tale of secret service adventure. Although the identities of the British spies carrying out the missions in Strange Intelligence are disguised, we now know that most of them were in fact Bywater himself.

Ahead of a war that was to put the British Navy to its sternest test since Trafalgar, Bywater reveals how he and his fellow agents deceived the enemy to gather vital intelligence on German naval capabilities. His account is a true classic of espionage and derring-do.

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 :

A British journalist and military author, Hector Charles Bywater is best known for his 1925 book The Great Pacific War, a fictional naval conflict between the United States and Japan that anticipated many of the actions undertaken by the two sides during World War Two. He died in 1940.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Biteback Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1849548846
• ISBN 13: 9781849548847
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304