Churchill's Iceman

Hemming makes Geoffrey Pyke a fascinating object of study * Columbus Post Dispatch *This admirable and thoroughly enjoyable book should rescue a weirdly original and innovative talent from oblivion – Nick Rennison * Sunday Times *Hemming has told his story in a biography that reads wonderfully like an adventure story and looks set to restore to Pyke the fame he deserves – Lara Feigel * Guardian *This is a fascinating biography […] Hemming succeeds in celebrating the achievements of this true original * Mail on Sunday *It is as if he had been invented by G. K. Chesterton and given posthumous fame by John le Carré – which underlines the extraordinary accomplishment of his actual biographer Henry Hemming – Sir Michael HolroydThey say truth is stranger than fiction – and never more so than in this riveting biography * Daily Mail *Throws fascinating light on a forgotten hero of the Second World War – Barry Forshaw * Independent *An unlikely tale of true espionage … Fans of Graham Greene and Alan Furst will revel in this well-told true-life story * Kirkus Reviews *[A] masterful biography…Hemming’s superlative text is nearly as nimble as Pyke’s mind, and he reveals who this remarkable innovator really was * Publisher’s Weekly *

Henry Hemming is the author of five works of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times bestseller M, the Dolman Travel Award-shortlisted Misadventure in the Middle East and Churchill’s Iceman, a New York Times bestseller. He has written for the Economist, The Sunday Times, FT Magazine and the Washington Post, among many others. He lives in London with his two children.

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