William Beaver

Under Every Leaf (eBook, ePUB)

How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is the story of the shadowy Intelligence Division of the British War Office and its unsung role in the formation of the Victorian Empire and imperial policy-making from Asia to Africa. With its focus on the heady days between the Crimean War and the establishment of MI5 and MI6 in the early years of the twentieth century, Under Every Leaf tells how Britain was well served by an extensive and sophisticated secret intelligence service which few even knew existed - then or now. Drawing from an encyclopaedic array of primary and little-known sources, Under Every Leaf is a rollicking good read of brains over brawn, adventure, success and sacrifice, craftiness and commitment in the service of the greatest empire the world has ever known.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849543491
• Artikelnr.: 38447179

Autorenporträt

William Beaver is a historian and priest. He was born in Colorado and drafted to fight in Korea. Thereafter he took a military scholarship to study in Oxford, England, where he has remained. He is a former intelligence officer and is currently an Officiating Chaplain to the British Army, as well as Chaplain of Christ's College Oxford.