The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent - Second Edition: The Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson - Couverture souple

Crook, Tim

 
9781908842077: The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent - Second Edition: The Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson

Synopsis

The Second World War Chief of MI6 said Alexander Wilson had 'remarkable gifts as a writer of fiction, and no sense of responsibility in using them!' Wilson's three year career in the Secret Intelligence Service ended when the country's spy chiefs decided his creativity got the better of his grasp of reality. His 'secret lives' extended to his private life. Four wives and four families; not necessarily one after the other. This book, along with the memoir of his third wife Alison, is the foundation of the 'Mrs Wilson' series premiered in the USA by Masterpiece on PBS in 2019. The dramatisation stars his award-winning granddaughter Ruth Wilson who plays the role of Alison. Ruth is also one of the executive producers of the series broadcast by the BBC to critical acclaim in the UK at the end of 2018 with their highest audiences for midweek drama. Tim Crook unravels more of the mysteries of this extraordinary story in the second (US/International) edition of 'Alec' Alexander Wilson's biography.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tim Crook is an investigative historian and journalist whose research and books have transformed lives. Alexander Wilson's son by his second marriage, Mike Shannon, described Tim as 'A Wizard' for uncovering the extraordinary and complicated life of his father and bringing all the Wilson families together. The second edition of 'Secret Lives' has become a best seller with reviews describing it as one of the best biographies of the year. Tim is currently Professor in Media and Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London, Visiting Professor of Broadcast Journalism to Birmingham City University, and Vice-President of the Chartered Institute of Journalists.

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9781908842060: The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent: The Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1908842067 ISBN 13 :  9781908842060
Editeur : Kultura Press, 2018
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