Brighton's Secret Agents
Author | : Paul McCue |
Publisher | : Uniform Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 1910500755 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781910500750 |
Rating | : 4/5 (750 Downloads) |
Download or read book Brighton's Secret Agents written by Paul McCue and published by Uniform Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Winstion Churchill authorized the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with the order "And now set Europe ablaze". ... Paul McCue tells a main story of four Brighton and Hove-born agents honoured with blue plaques. ... [He] details the organisation's creation and post-war demise, its training methods and the missions of the four chief subjects. He also covers three other agents, a special duties RAF pilot and the inspiration for 'Q', the inspired boffin of the James Bond films - all of whom had links to the city."--Back cover.