C : the secret life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, spymaster to Winston Churchill[Churchill v. Menzies; Origins; Jack and Susannah; George Lindsay Holford; The failure of Hellfire Jack; The Royal College of Eton; Into the Life Guards; Back to Balmorality; A strange and scandalous cult; The Hollo of Bugles; Into battle; Death of the second regiment; At GHQ; Frief and marriage; A gigantic campaign against Russia; Enter Quex; The private man - Enter a phantom; The rpince and Mrs. Simpson; Matters of Deadly secrecy; Foxes and enigma; The Venlo incident; A curious artificial vivarium; An exercise in nimble wits; Case yellow; Theh conquest of enigma; Sealion; Sources; Trouble with Winston; C's finest hour C and Canaris; Pamela's illness]
by Brown, Anthony Cave. [subject: Menzies, Stewart Graham, Sir, 1890-1968 ; Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. ; design, Jack Meserole ]
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New York : Macmillan, 1987, 1987. Good. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; 830 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0025173901; OCLC: 15488509 ; 9780025173903 LCCN: 87-7789 ; LC: D810.S8; Dewey: 940.54/86/410924; B; blue and black cloth in color dustjacket ; bump to front cover upper right corner ; writing on front endpaper ; creases to top of pages ; Contents: Churchill v. Menzies -- Origins -- Jack and Susannah -- George Lindsay Holford -- The failure of Hellfire Jack -- The Royal College of Eton -- Into the Life Guards -- Back to Balmorality -- A strange and scandalous cult -- The Hollo of Bugles -- Into battle -- Death of the second regiment -- At GHQ -- Frief and marriage -- A gigantic campaign against Russia -- Enter Quex -- The private man - Enter a phantom -- The rpince and Mrs. Simpson -- Matters of Deadly secrecy -- Foxes and enigma -- The Venlo incident -- A curious artificial vivarium -- An exercise in nimble wits -- Case yellow -- Theh conquest of enigma -- Sealion -- SOurces -- Trouble with Winston -- C's finest hour C and Canaris -- Pamela's illness -- The appointment of a secret agent -- The Russian riddle -- Rudolf Hess -- C and Q -- Pearl Harbor -- The cousins -- Revolt at Bletchley -- Source K -- The killing of Reinhardt Heydrich -- The torch period -- Kingpin -- The murder of Admiral Darlan -- Safeguard our precious secret -- I have communists in my organization -- SPecial relationships -- We are not a refugee government -- The death of Prosper -- The crossbow maze -- The death of Lady Holford -- THe capture of Bertrand -- The suicidex plan -- The defeat of Soe -- The Vermehren affair -- TO the eve of D-Day -- D-Day -- Dinner at the Chateau -- H-Hour -- Valkyrie -- The new dark age -- Major strategic and political error -- Philby's promotion -- Ultra trouble -- The battle of the Ardennes -- Gotterdammerung -- The reckoning -- The Windsor Letters -- The Borgia technique -- Philby redux -- With Philby in Washington -- Retirement -- The bullfrogs' chorus -- WIlderness of mirrors. ; G/VG
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- C : the secret life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, spymaster to Winston Churchill[Churchill v. Menzies; Origins; Jack and Susannah; George Lindsay Holford; The failure of Hellfire Jack; The Royal College of Eton; Into the Life Guards; Back to Balmorality; A strange and scandalous cult; The Hollo of Bugles; Into battle; Death of the second regiment; At GHQ; Frief and marriage; A gigantic campaign against Russia; Enter Quex; The private man - Enter a phantom; The rpince and Mrs. Simpson; Matters of Deadly secrecy; Foxes and enigma; The Venlo incident; A curious artificial vivarium; An exercise in nimble wits; Case yellow; Theh conquest of enigma; Sealion; Sources; Trouble with Winston; C's finest hour C and Canaris; Pamela's illness]
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- Brown, Anthony Cave. [subject: Menzies, Stewart Graham, Sir, 1890-1968 ; Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. ; design, Jack Meserole ]
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- New York : Macmillan, 1987
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- 1987
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Great Britain. Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Service secret -- Grande-Bretagne. Officiers de renseignements -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies. Menzies, Stew
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