Richard Davenporthines

All about C

The enigmatic MI6 man (widely considered the model for George Smiley) emerges from the shadows as an outstanding intelligence officer in Martin Pearce’s exemplary biography

  • Spymaster: The Life of Britain’s Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield

    Martin Pearce

    Bantam/Transworld, pp. 382

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