Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6 - Softcover

Fry, Helen

 
9780300266979: Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300266979 ISBN 13: 9780300266979
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2022

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The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War II: Thomas Kendrick

"A remarkable piece of historical detective work. . . . Now, thanks to this groundbreaking book, the result of years of meticulous research and expert analysis, Kendrick's role as one of the great spymasters of the twentieth century can be revealed."--Saul David, Daily Telegraph

Thomas Kendrick (1881-1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War. Under the guise of "British Passport Officer," he ran spy networks across Europe, facilitated the escape of Austrian Jews, and later went on to set up the "M Room," a listening operation which elicited information of the same significance and scope as Bletchley Park. Yet the work of Kendrick, and its full significance, remained largely unknown.

Helen Fry draws on extensive original research to tell the story of this remarkable British intelligence officer. Kendrick's life sheds light on the development of MI6 itself--he was one of the few men to serve Britain across three wars, two of which while working for the British Secret Service. Fry explores the private and public sides of Kendrick, revealing him to be the epitome of the "English gent"--easily able to charm those around him and scrupulously secretive.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Historian and biographer Helen Fry is the author of Yale books MI9 (2020), The London Cage (2017), and The Walls Have Ears (2019) and more than twenty books focusing on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of World War II.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300266979
ISBN 13 
9780300266979
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Anzahl der Seiten
337
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