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A Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of MI5
Constance Kell
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Description for A Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of MI5
Hardcover. An unparalleled insight into the personal life of Sir Vernon Kell, founder of MI5, from the one person with whom he was most intimate, his wife Lady Constance Kell. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8-page colour plate section of beautiful photographs from the era, taken by Constance and. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGH; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 144 x 27. Weight in Grams: 366.
The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell (`K' within the agency) not only founded MI5 but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government department during the twentieth century. Kell was also fluent in six foreign languages, making him arguably the most gifted linguist ever to head a Western intelligence agency. A Secret Well Kept was written by Kell's wife, Constance, in the 1950s, and the manuscript has been a treasured family ... Read more
The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell (`K' within the agency) not only founded MI5 but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government department during the twentieth century. Kell was also fluent in six foreign languages, making him arguably the most gifted linguist ever to head a Western intelligence agency. A Secret Well Kept was written by Kell's wife, Constance, in the 1950s, and the manuscript has been a treasured family ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Conway
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844864355
SKU
V9781844864355
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99-50
About Constance Kell
Constance Kell was Sir Vernon Kell's wife for over 40 years. Deeply devoted to him, she provided constant support to him in his life and work. A Secret Well Kept is her account of their fascinating and wonderful life together, written after his death in 1942. Constance died in 1971.
Reviews for A Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder of MI5
A charming piece of social history and a captivating addition to the history of MI5. Loyal, resolute and undaunted, in a later era [Constance] might herself have made an excellent MI5 officer.
Stella Rimington
You'll be swept along by the author's enthusiasm
Sebastian Shakespeare
Tatler
This book oozes authority but almost never made it into ... Read more
Stella Rimington
You'll be swept along by the author's enthusiasm
Sebastian Shakespeare
Tatler
This book oozes authority but almost never made it into ... Read more