M : Mi5's First Spymaster

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780752428963
• ISBN10: 0752428969
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: Tempus Pub Ltd

Summary

William Melville was one of the most influential counter-espionage figures of the 20th century. He was perfect for the job, a velvet-gloved hardman who had run Special Branch and whose career had already taken in some of London's great crime dramas, including the Jack the Ripper investigations, Irish Republican terrorism, and assassination attempts on Queen Victoria and Edward VII. Now, with the help of recently declassified records, family material, and records that have still not officially seen the light of day, the story of his Secret Service careerincluding the breaking of German spy rings prior to the outbreak of the First World Warcan finally be told.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	6	(2)
Preface	8	(2)
Principal Characters	10	(3)
The Man From Kerry	13	(17)
Dynamite Campaign	30	(17)
Plot and Counterplot	47	(11)
A Very Dangerous Game	58	(19)
War on Terror	77	(24)
A Man to be Trusted	101	(17)
The Lodging House	118	(26)
W. Morgan, General Agent	144	(27)
Shifting Sands	171	(18)
The Bureau	189	(18)
Drift to War	207	(22)
G Men	229	(21)
Appendix	250	(10)
Abbreviations	260	(1)
Notes	261	(15)
Bibliography	276	(2)
List of Illustrations	278	(2)
Index	280