Shot in the Tower: The Story of the Spies Executed in the Tower of London During the First World War Tapa blanda - 2009

Barnsley: Pen and Sword Military, 2009. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Light reading crease to spine.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Like New.

Pen & Sword Military, UK, 2009. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 212 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pen & Sword Military, UK, 2009. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The first reaction to Leonard Sellers fascinating account of the spies who were executed in the Tower of London during the First World War is likely to be one of amazement at their ineptitude. Not one of them seems to have had any proper training or any idea of how to set about the job. This, of course raises the intriguing question: how many others were there who did know what they were up to and managed to escape detection? However, thanks to the more liberal attitude now prevalent regarding access to hitherto 'sensitive' material and to years of dogged research by Len Sellers, the remarkable, but somehow pathetic, stories of the eleven foreign agents who were caught and subsequently shot in the Tower for espionage can now be told. In these days when a mind-boggling… Leer más

Pen and Sword, 2009-07. Paperback. Good.

Pen and Sword, 2009-07-01. Paperback. Used:Good.