Defence of the Realm. The Authorized History of MI5, Paperback - Christopher Andrew

To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals ...

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The story of an extraordinary escapade, hitherto ignored by the historians.This thorough and scholarly expose of MI5's constitutional inability to ...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Leah MooreNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 251 x 196 x 18Cover type: HardbackIllustrato...

The leading intelligence expert behind }The Mitrokhin Archive{ presents a wide-ranging account of the development of intelligence and security oper...

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This book covers the period between the creation in 1936 of Fighter Command and the end of WWII. It purports to demonstrate how a dangerously outmo...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)Author(s): Rimington Stella RimingtonNumber of pages: 272Collection: A Manon Tyler ThrillerPublication date: 2...

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Batting for the Poor is the authorised biography of David Sheppard, telling the story of his life as a celebrated cricketer and his remarkable work...

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking o...

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DescriptionThe Battle of Kursk was one of the defining moments of World War II. In July 1943, German forces under Erich von Manstein--one of German...

Reducere. Throughout the long and colorful history of Galveston, no name has embodied the "Spirit of the Island" quite like the name Maceo. Two penniless Sic...

In 1980 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers celebrates the centenary of its founding. The occasion has provided an opportunity for the Soc...

This book offers help when you definitely do not have the advantage. Every chess player needs a sound arsenal of defensive techniques and this book...

The first book to reveal how MI5 helped to expose a Nazi spy ring operating in America in the run-up to the Second World War

Publisher: The Larks PressAuthor(s): Christopher BirdIllustration(s): 55ill.6d.M.Number of pages: 88Publication date: 1999Dimensions: 210 x 150 x 2...

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DescriptionArt, music, literature, and science in Vienna at the turn of the last century presented a series of wrenching dualities: reality and ill...

This translation of the memoirs of a German mercenary who lived in Russia throughout the first decade of the seventeenth century makes available a ...

Reducere. Now recognized as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. P l Enge...

Reducere. Camp Roselake has been the center of several mysterious disappearances over the past thirty years. Finally succumbing to public pressure, the state...

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Available for the first time in a modern and readable edition Preceding The Federalist by several years, this first volume of John Adams' A Defence...

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The story of Whitby, new in paperback

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Reducere. This reader's guide to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings offers a journey into the world of Middle-earth, exploring the grand themes and hid...

Reducere. The fascinating, improbable true story of Maxwell Knight--the great MI5 spymaster and inspiration for the James Bond character M. Maxwell Knight wa...

Reducere. Ernest Dunlop Swinton is a military professional with experience in the Boer War who wrote this famous short book based on a series of thoughts he ...

Reducere. From an acclaimed literary biographer, a riveting and groundbreaking account of what happened to the survivors of the Titanic. We think we know the...

Evil Readers, as ye partake of Encyclopaedia of Hell, rejoice! The hateful sequel written by Satan has arrived! After Hell's army conquers Insignif...

Over the past fifteen years, writer, producer and director Christopher Nolan has emerged from the margins of independent British cinema to become o...

Reducere. Works from Les Misirables by Victor Hugo to Citizens by Simon Schama have been inspired by the French Revolution. Now available for the first time ...