by NRB | 18 May 2023 | Non-fiction |
Josephine Baker, the most glamorous and highly paid female entertainer of her time, was also an Allied spy in World War II. In The Flame of Resistance Damien Lewis has drawn on a profusion of new historical material, including previously undisclosed letters and...
by NRB | 3 May 2022 | Fiction |
The new novel from the former head of MI5 is a page-turner despite the plot holes. First, it was a Bulgarian flag for Harry’s young son, to impress his school friends. Then it was some pretty earrings for his wife – ‘just tiny pieces of red glass in some sort of metal...
by NRB | 24 Apr 2014 | Non-fiction |
The English class system helped Cold War spy Kim Philby, who used his friendships with other agents to thwart their operations. Back when I was working at the National Times, I had the good fortune to meet two men – David Leitch and Phillip Knightley – who’d written...
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