M
MI5's First Spymaster
Biography
Crime
Andrew Cook
Tempus 2006
Paperback 320 pages Illustrated 
0752439499 | 9780752439495 |  Product code: 87001  
Andrew Cook's gripping biography reveals the secret career of William Melville (1850-1918), the first chief of MI5 and the model for Ian Fleming's 'M'. As the head of Special Branch, Melville's familiarity with late-Victorian political terrorism made him the ideal choice to lead Britain's newly formed counter-espionage agency. Its greatest early coup came in 1906 when Melville's genius for organising deception allowed his agents, including the brilliant Sidney Reilly, to obtain vital information about German mobilization plans.
 
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