The Book The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain’s World War II Interrogation Centre. Helen Fry. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2017. Summary The London Cage stormed into public view over 10 years ago (2005) when Ian Cobain published a provocative article in The Guardian – The Secrets of the London Cage. […]
What would Sherlock Holmes do with the Bella in the Wych Elm case? Had he handled the case in 1943 when the body was first discovered, I am confident he would have used his exquisite powers of deduction to eliminate the impossible and identify the solution, no matter how improbable it seemed. Alas… Sherlock Holmes
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The Book Cargo of Lies: The True Story of a Nazi Double Agent in Canada. Dean Beeby. Toronto University Press, Toronto, 1995. Summary You know that saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”? Well… that saying applies to this book! Looking at the cover, you might expect some semi-fictionalized fantastical pseudo-historical story but… the
The Book Airborne Espionage: International Special Duties Operations in the World Wars; David Oliver; The History Press; Stroud, Gloucestershire; 2005. Summary I came across this book last year and it has been on my “to-read” list for quite a while. Unfortunately, after reading several sections via Google Books, I have decided to take a pass
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