Hitler’s spy chief: the Wilhelm Canaris mystery Richard Bassett London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2005, £20 This is a full and very well researched biography of one of the great enigmatic figures of the spy world in the 30s and 40s. The author, former foreign correspondent of The Times in Berlin and Prague, […]
[…] by “men in suits”‘, Mail on Sunday, 11 January 2004 According to bodyguard Kez Wingfield, ‘We all carried at least £1,000 for bungs. Henri Paul was no spy. His job meant contact with police. But he was a glorified doorman. More Inspector Clouseau than 007. He might have choked you to death on his […]
[…] could be added, any effort being put into their personal safety) and/or maximise relationships, sometimes including with such local agencies. (16) If the last of these, the spy can be additionally responsible for branding, (17) two-way liaison with local agencies (18) and, in a limited number of cases, monitoring or instruction in acceptable civilian […]
Paul Lashmar Sutton Publishing, Stroud (UK), 1996 £12.99 (pb) Beautifully produced, large (trade) format, with many photographs, this is the story of the US and later US-UK spy flights round – and over – the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Alternatively, it is the story of a protracted series of skirmishes between the […]
Psi Spies: The true story of America’s psychic warfare programme Jim Marrs Franklin Lakes, New Jersey; New Page Books (newpagebooks.com), 2007, $15.99, p/b I’m not a fan of Marrs. I didn’t think much of his JFK book, Crossfire; and his The Terror Conspiracy (which isn’t included in his CV on the rear cover, for some … Read more
[PDF file]: Kim Philby: Cad and Bounder? Kim Philby: The Unknown Story of the KGB’s Master Spy Tim Milne, (London: Biteback, 2014) Scott Newton Few people in the history of espionage have had their public career, achievements, character and private life so thoroughly surveyed and discussed in literature and the media as the British intelligence officer […]
[PDF file]: […] handler on the grounds that ‘for me “practical love” is a PHYSICAL NECESSITY’. On surviving the war, surprisingly, he went on to become a prolific author of spy and travel books, and – under a pseudonym – of Sex Manners for Advanced Lovers (1969), The Sensuous Couple (1971) and Mainly for Wives (1963). It […]
The Mossad Spy It’s not what you’ve done it’s who you are . . . the transgender spy Olivia Frank ISBN 978-1-9160963-0-1 £14.99 p/b available from Amazon.co.uk Robin Ramsay Robin Ramsay ! This is what £50,000 in notes looks like. They were left in the boot of Olivia Frank’s car – by someone apparently […]
[PDF file]: The Crash of Flight 3804 A Lost Spy, a Daughter’s Quest and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil Charlotte Dennett Chelsea Green Publishing (Hartford, Vermont, USA) h/b £21.99, $27.95 (US) Robin Ramsay The author’s father died in a plane crash – flight 3804 – in 1947 in Ethiopia. He was working […]
