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Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield by Martin Pearce (Hardcover, 2016)
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Spymaster: the life of Britain's most decorated Cold War spy and head of MI6,Title: Spymaster: the life of Britain's most decorated Cold War spy and head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield Format: Hardback Type: BOOK Edition: Student edition Publisher: Bantam Press UK Release Date: 20160901 Language: English.
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'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief' Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator The extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield. Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (commonly known as the SIS or MI6), he was the first Chief to be named and pictured in the press, and often alleged by them to be the model for the screen versions of both Ian Fleming's M and John Le Carre's George Smiley. This major study of Oldfield's life portrays one of the UK's most important and complex spies of the Cold War era. He was the first Chief of MI6 that hadn't come from an upper-class background or studied at Eton or Oxbridge. Rather, he was a farmer's son from a provincial grammar school who found himself accidentally plunged into the world of espionage by the outbreak of the Second World War. Oldfield was our man in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK, and was largely responsible for keeping Britain out of the Vietnam War. This is the fascinating life story of Maurice Oldfield, written by his nephew Martin Pearce, who remembers asking his uncle what he did for a job. 'Oh it's quite boring really, dear boy. I'm a kind of security guard at embassies,' was the reply...Product Identifiers
PublisherTransworld LTD
ISBN-139780593075203
eBay Product ID (ePID)223169340
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Book TitleSpymaster: the Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of Mi6, Sir Maurice Oldfield
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicGovernment, History
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TypeTextbook
AuthorMartin Pearce
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight682 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMartin Pearce
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- 06 Jun, 2018
Spymaster is easy but compelling reading
An excellent insight in to the secretive world of espionage that was once the preserve of the ruling classes who went to Eton or Harrow etcVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
