Espionage & Secret Services

Endorsed at the highest level by Churchill, who wanted British raiders to take the fight to the enemy shore, fifty commandos were formed into a sec...

A gripping and shocking insight into Russia's most influential oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky, from New York Times best...

In 1940 the Nazis hoped to cripple the British war effort by blockading Swedish cargo ships containing ball bearings, steel and tools vital for mak...

On 2 April 1982 Argentina launched Operation Rosario, the invasion of the Falklands. The British, caught off guard, responded with Operation Corpor...

On 2 April 1982 Argentina launched Operation Rosario, the invasion of the Falklands. The British, caught off guard, responded with Operation Corpor...

True tales of Second World War spies from across the West Country have been collected together for the very first time in this fascinating book. Fr...

Dorothy OGrady is uniquely placed in the annals of espionage. She was the first Briton condemned to death under the Treachery Act of 1940 after she...

Britains war in the shadows of male spies and subterfuge in the heart of occupied France is a story well known, but what of the women who also risk...

The full story of Aston House in the Second World War has never been told before. Its activities were top secret and as important to the Allied war...

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