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Bolshevik agents
Britain
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English Literature
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golden age espionage thriller
India
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MI6
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professor
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Sir Leonard Wallace
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spy novel
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- ISBN 9780749018108
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2015
- Publisher: Allison & Busby
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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BOOK 2 in the Wallace of the Secret Service series
An intrigue against Britain by Bolshevik agents is strongly suspected at MI6. Sir Leonard Wallace sends Captain Hugh Shannon, disguised as a professor of English Literature, to India to get to the bottom of it.
Alexander Wilson was a writer, spy and secret service officer. He served in the First World War before moving to India to teach as a Professor of English Literature, and began writing spy novels whilst there. During WW2, Wallace worked as an intelligence agent. He enjoyed great success and notoriety for his writing in the 1940s, with reviews in the Telegraph, Observer, Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. He died in 1963.
