british espionage

Chronicles the life and career of Sir Francis Walsingham, who was intrumental in setting up a network of spies throughout England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

"In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every able man in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in an existential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everything from demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to "set Europe ablaze." But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to do something unprecedented: recruit women"--Jacket flap.

"An early reader's guide to SIS spies, introducing British espionage history, famous agents such as Christine Granville, skills such as code making, and the dangers all spies face"--Provided by publisher.

In 1917, a band of communist revolutionaries stormed the Winter Palace of Russia's Tsar Nicholas II. Vladimir Lenin's Russian Revolution was now underway. But Lenin would not be satisfied with overthrowing the Tsar. His goal was a world-wide revolt that would topple all Western capitalist regimes---starting with the British Empire.

Chronicles the life and times of Sir Francis Walsingham, the spymaster for Queen Elizabeth I, and details how Walsingham invented the modern concept of covert operations, espionage, code breaking, and secret services around the globe.

A true story of how British intelligence used German spies as double agents to transmit misinformation about Allied defenses and strategy and the effect that the Double-Cross System had on the outcome of World War II.