Secret Agent

The True Story of the Special Operations Executive

by David Stafford

BBC Worldwide Limited, 2000, [First Edition], b/w photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket, ISBN 0563537345

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear

'This book, accompanying the BBC television series, tells the story of the men and women who risked their lives to fight this secret war.  Through the personal reminiscences of these courageous individuals, Secret Agent reveals the covert world of the SOE: how the operatives were recruited; the daring operations they carried our; the radio and coding systems that kept them in touch with London; and the James Bond-style gadgets designed to help them carry out their missions.  Breaking their long silence, these brave survivors finally tell their own stories in their own words,'