Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23814 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-07
• Binding: Hardcover
• 416 pages

Times Literary Supplement, Mark Seaman
'More than a decade's study and an impressive range of archival and oral sources weave a complex but engrossing story'

BBC History Magazine
`Bailey has made skilful use of letters, interviews and diaries...a scholarly and readable story almost worthy of Buchan himself'

Daily Mail
`This powerful story.. good to see these courageous British agents given another life in the pages of this work.'

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Historical Adventure
This excellent and gripping book is a must buy for anyone serious about understanding the Second World War and its aftermath, as well as for anyone serious about cracking good reads. On almost every page there is a fascinating fact - not least legendary British actor Anthony Quayle's involvement in SOE - and they are all woven into a skillful whole that will by the end give the reader a new perspective on Europe and the perils of messing about in other people's countries. By turns breathtaking, funny, tragic and sometimes horrifying, the book is an indictment of the human spirit and what it is capable of: courage, determination, betrayal and dreadful violence. The best kind of modern history writing.