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MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service

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Description for MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service Paperback. The secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day. Published in hardback as THE ART OF BETRAYAL and fully updated for this edition. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 390.
Published in hardback as THE ART OF BETRAYAL and fully updated for the paperback edition. The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created a hundred years ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by the fictional worlds of James Bond and John le Carre. THE ART OF BETRAYAL provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction. It tells the story of how the secret service has changed since the end of World War ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753828335
SKU
V9780753828335
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10

About Gordon Corera
Gordon Corera is a Security Correspondent for BBC News. In that role, he covers the work of Britain's intelligence agencies. His documentary series 'MI6: A century in the Shadows' was broadcast on Radio 4 in the summer of 2009. His series 'The Real Spooks' on MI5 was broadcast in December 2007. He is the author of SHOPPING FOR BOMBS on ... Read more

Reviews for MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service
This fast-moving account by the BBC's Security Correspondent reveals that the true story of Britain's overseas intelligence service is as gripping as any novel... Corera works wonders in untangling the murky, convoluted doings of the organisation through the decades.
THE INDEPENDENT
An absorbing and often exhilarating account.
THE SUNDAY BUSINESS POST
BBC security correspondant Gordon Corera's ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service


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