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Eyewitness Accounts My Adventures as a Spy
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
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Description for Eyewitness Accounts My Adventures as a Spy
Paperback. A wonderful guide to pre-First World War espionage by the founder of the Boy Scouts. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
As a young Army officer, Robert Baden-Powell was stationed in Malta as an aide to his uncle, General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth. While there, he also served as intelligence officer for the Mediterranean for the Director of Military Intelligence and it was in this role that he had many of the adventures described in this book, travelling to investigate fortifications. Written in 1915, and including Baden-Powell's thoughts on German espionage before and in the first years of the First World War, My Adventures as a Spy describes such techniques as how to convey secret information using drawings of butterfly wings, ... Read more
As a young Army officer, Robert Baden-Powell was stationed in Malta as an aide to his uncle, General Sir Henry Augustus Smyth. While there, he also served as intelligence officer for the Mediterranean for the Director of Military Intelligence and it was in this role that he had many of the adventures described in this book, travelling to investigate fortifications. Written in 1915, and including Baden-Powell's thoughts on German espionage before and in the first years of the First World War, My Adventures as a Spy describes such techniques as how to convey secret information using drawings of butterfly wings, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445636108
SKU
V9781445636108
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99-23
About Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell became a national hero following the defence of Mafeking during the Boer War. He later founded the international Scouting movement and wrote the best selling Scouting for Boys. He died in 1941.
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