Best of
Espionage

1977

Charlie M


Brian Freemantle - 1977
    Charlie Muffin, a British spy, finds himself shot at and missed and then shot at and hit by his own employers in this truly excellent novel of double crosses in the spy game. A "must read" for fans of le Carre or Deighton.

Beyond Top Secret U


Ewen Montagu - 1977
    he found himself attached to the Admiralty and stepping into the shadowy world of British Intelligence.For most officers Top Secret was the highest classification, but for those involved with Enigma it was Ultra Secret (Top Secret U), and yet there was a higher classification still.Working under the Director of Naval Intelligence, Montagu was one of those few privy to that highest classification, beyond Top Secret U, and the Double Cross System.Involved in the strategic deception surrounding D-Day and V-bombs, as well a lead role in Operation Mincemeat, his work was so secretive that it even prevented promotion. Bringing to the fore the collaborative efforts of NID’s 17M, MI5’s B1A and the XX Committee, ‘Beyond Top Secret U’ is a very personal account of the secret war, filled with intrigues and ingenuity, ne’er-do-wells and corpses … and more incredible than any thriller. Praise for Beyond Top Secret U“One of the incomparable accounts of the secret war.” Times Literary SupplementEwen Montagu (1901-1985) was a British judge, Naval Intelligence Officer and writer from a prominent Jewish family. Following his wartime service he held the position of Judge Advocate of the Fleet for nearly thirty years. In addition to Beyond Top Secret U he notably authored The Man Who Never Was, his account of Operation Mincemeat. Endeavour Press is the UK’s leading independent publisher of digital books. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

Burgess and Maclean: A New Look at the Foreign Office Spies


John Fisher - 1977
    Contents1 Springtime In Paris2 Melinda's Story3 The Boy Burgess4 Wartime for Burgess5 Peacetime for Burgess6 A Fling to be Flung7 Maclean &​ Son8 Melinda and the Fall of France9 Homer Comes to Washington10 Crisis In Cairo11 Maclean Takes the Cure12 A Change In the Weather 13 Maclean's Countdown 14 And So Farewell 15 Losing the Scent 16 The First Cover-Up 17 Holiday for Melinda 18 Reunion for Melinda 19 Petrov Blows the Gaff 20 The Second Cover-Up 21 Burgess and Maclean Come Alive22 Third Man Overexposed 23 The Last Days of Guy Burgess 24 In Moscow, More Equal Than Some 25 Facing Both Ways Appendix: Report Concerning the Disappearance of Two Former Foreign Office Officials, Sources

The Haigerloch Project


Ib Melchior - 1977
    Every qualified citizen in the Reich was committed to developing an atomic bomb. In 1945 they almost succeeded. The code name was The Haigerloch Project.