Victoria's spymasters : empire and espionage by Wade, Stephen, 1948- instant download

Victoria's spymasters : empire and espionage by Wade, Stephen, 1948- instant download

192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, Covering the lives and achievements of five English intelligence officers involved in wars at home and abroad between 1870 and 1918, this exceptionally researched book offers an insight into spying in the age of Victoria. Including material from little-known sources such as memoirs, old biographies and information from M15 and the police history archives, this book is a more detailed sequel to Wade's earlier work, Spies in the Empire, Includes bibliographical references and index, Intelligence in the Empire, c.1850-1918 -- Playing the game -- Robertson: From staff college to the First World War -- Wingate, Slatin and Egypt -- Omdurman -- Ardagh and the Anglo-Boer War -- Sir Mark Sykes and the diplomats -- The Arab Bureau and the Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Robertson and intelligence after the Boers -- Epilogue: MI5 and spies