Stephen Wade

Spies in the Empire

Victorian Military Intelligence

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Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Wade's enthralling book reveals the unsteady foundations of one of the country's most prominent and renowned organizations, tracing the various elements that gradually composed the intelligence and political branches of Britain's Secret Service.

Produktdetails

• Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9781843312628
• ISBN-10: 184331262X
• Artikelnr.: 22904208

Autorenporträt

Stephen Wade has written and/or edited thirty books. He specialises in true crime and history of crime but has also written on social and literary history.

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Illustrations
Acknowledgement
Preface
Introduction
The Beginnings: Enlightenment Information
Heroes of the Great Game: The Russia/India Axis
The Crimea and the Mutiny
The Intelligence Branch and Professionalism
The Zulu Wars and Egypt
Spies, Informers and the Fenians
Adventurers and Advances
Kitchener and Baden-Powell
The Boer War: Sir John Ardagh and Others
The Foundations of MI5
Spy Mania
Epilogue
Chronology of Main Events
From the Great Game to MI5
Bibliography and Sources
Index