John Frayn Turner

Traitor (eBook, PDF)

British Double Agents 1930-80

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Following the success of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and increased 'spy fever', Traitor: British Double Agents covers in detail all the spies known to have acted against Britain from the 1930s to the 1980s.

John Frayn Turner reveals the infamous Cambridge spy network, made up of well-known names including Burgess, Maclean, Philby and Blunt, studies the Microdots Case in detail, and lists the atomic secret spies.

He also analyses the downfall of master spy Blake and his subsequent escape while serving a 42-year sentence and details others who sold Britain's secrets.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782000914
• Artikelnr.: 38349805

Autorenporträt

John Frayn Turner is the internationally-known author of over 20 books. Born in Portsmouth he served with the British Royal Navy. Many of his books have been on military, naval, and aviation subjects. John spent nearly a decade working on RAF publicity and made numerous test flights of new aeroplanes. He accompanied the Red Arrows aerobatics team and flew at twice the speed of sound back in 1963. He had 20 years combined service with the Ministry of Defence and the Central Office of Information.