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Victoria´s Spymasters: Empire and Espionage
Stephen Wade
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Hardback. Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria. It examines the social and political context of Victorian spying and the role of intelligence in the Anglo-Boer wars. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; JPSH; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria. Including material from little-known sources such as memoirs, old biographies and information from M15 and the police history archives, this book is a more detailed sequel to Wade's earlier work, Spies in the Empire. The book examines the social and political context of Victorian spying and the role of intelligence in the Anglo-Boer wars as well as case studies on five intriguing characters: William Melville, ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752445359
SKU
V9780752445359
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99-10
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