MI6
Life and Death in the British Secret Service
$42.41
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2012
Summary
Published in hardback as THE ART OF BETRAYAL and fully updated for the paperback edition.
The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created a hundred years ago. Our understanding of what it is to be a spy has been largely defined by the fictional worlds of James Bond and John le Carre. THE ART OF BETRAYAL provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction. It te…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753828335 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753828332 |
| Author: | Gordon Corera |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 392g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 133mm x 31mm |
| Series: | Phoenix |
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Critics Review
An absorbing and often exhilarating account.
His analysis is shrewd, his judgement sound…(the book’s) strength is to present stories of the secret service’s successes and failures within the political and strategic context of the times. - THE SUNDAY TIMES - Adam Sisman
THE ART OF BETRAYAL tells the history of MI6 in the words of real spies. - THE MAIL ON SUNDAYA refreshing…(and) compelling read. - THE DAILY EXPRESS - Christopher SilvesterCorera, the BBC’s security correspondent, has enjoyed privileged access to key spy players from the past few decades and, writing in an engaging style, he picks up the story of the MI6 at the point where the “official” history grinds to a halt after the Second World War. - THE SUNDAY EXPRESS - Annie MachonAs a good journalist and a reader of spy novels, Corera presents his material as fast-paced stories, from the covert diplomacy of the Cold War to recent and current security concerns in Afghanistan and the Middle East, and he humanises the grand dramas of a duplicitous trade. - THE TIMES - Iain FinlaysonHighly readable and well-researched account of the Service…Let’s hope the current generation of spooks has learnt from past mistakes. - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - Con CoughlinCorera provides a unique insight into how British intelligence has changed since the Second World War and how our spymasters reacted to major crises such as the September 11 attacks and the Iraq war. A fascinating read. - THE PEOPLESuperb new history of British intelligence - THE EVENING STANDARDAbout The Author
Gordon Corera
Gordon Corera is a Security Correspondent for BBC News. In that role, he covers the work of Britain’s intelligence agencies. His documentary series ‘MI6: A century in the Shadows’ was broadcast on Radio 4 in the summer of 2009. His series ‘The Real Spooks’ on MI5 was broadcast in December 2007. He is the author of SHOPPING FOR BOMBS on the rise and fall of the Pakistani nuclear arms salesman AQ Khan. He was educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities and joined the BBC in 1997.
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