Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's Maxwell Knight
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (582 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06Y2JM6S8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 349 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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There is more to MI5 than you knew! Agent M is a worthy read! al This will likely be a Best Seller. Hemming has brought to life intriguing people in history who are too often forgotten. I especially liked his focus on Maxwell Knight and all of the connected characters as it related to the desperate struggle between nations. Fascinating personalities. Very interesting to students of WWII history, like myself.Many new discoveries for me.Well written throughout with complete supporting notes, bibliography and index. The layout and type set are great. I look forward to more works from Mr. Hemming!!Hemming. "Inside MI5" according to David Shulman. Henry Hemming introduces us to Maxwell Knight a jazz playing naturalist with his own private menagerie who turns out to be a great talent spotter and spy runner for MI5. He is the model for Ian Fleming’s “M.” He marries three times, but none of them were consummated. In other words he was quite the quirky guy.Hemming’s biography largely focuses on the 1920’s and 19Inside MI5 Henry Hemming introduces us to Maxwell Knight a jazz playing naturalist with his own private menagerie who turns out to be a great talent spotter and spy runner for MI5. He is the model for Ian Fleming’s “M.” He marries three times, but none of them were consummated. In other words he was quite the quirky guy.Hemming’s biography largely focuses on the 1920’s and 1930’s where Knight is recruited into a private spying operation that infiltrates the British fascisti. Knight is well suited for this because he largely sympathetic to their goals and was a firm . 0’s where Knight is recruited into a private spying operation that infiltrates the British fascisti. Knight is well suited for this because he largely sympathetic to their goals and was a firm . One of a Kind and Thank God he was on Our Side !! Look, if you aren't into spy history or how countries protect themselves then this book sure ain't for you. BUT, if you'd like to know about the fabulous and eccentric people who protected England and America from Fascist and Communist agents during WW2 then this book is one great read.It's the biography of England's most famous spy runner, the man who recruited and managed agents for MI5. In fact he was MI5. Maxwell Knight did the job better then the combined staffs of MI5 because he lived and breathed the safety of England in those terribly confused 1920s and 30s.But I have one warning. A
Drawing on a vast array of original sources, Agent M reveals not only the story of one of the world's greatest intelligence operators but the sacrifices and courage required to confront fascism during a nation's darkest time.. In telling Knight's remarkable story, Agent M also reveals for the first time in print the names and stories of some of the men and women recruited by Knight on behalf of MI5 who were asked to infiltrate the country's most dangerous political organizations. Knight's work revolutionized British intelligence, pioneering the use of female agents, among other accomplishments. He was also tru