First World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair, spawning widespread paranoia in its clandestine wake. The hysteria of the age, stoked by those within the British establishment who sought to manipulate popular panic, meant there was no shortage of suspects. Exaggerated claims were rife: some 80,000 Germans were supposedly hidden all over Britain, just waiting for an impending (and imagined) invasion. No one could be trusted... Against this backdrop, as head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department, it was Basil Thomson's responsibility to hunt, arrest and interrogate the potential German spies identified by the nascent British intelligence services. Thomson's story is an extraordinary compendium of sleuthing and secrets from a real-life Sherlock Holmes, following the trails of the many specimens he tracked, including the famous dancer, courtesan and spy, Mata Hari. Yet his activities gained him enemies, as did his criticism of British intelligence, his ambition to control MI5 and his efforts to root out left-wing revolutionaries - which would ultimately prove to be the undoing of his career. Odd People is the insightful and wittily observed account of Thomson's incomparably exciting job, offering us a rare glimpse into the dizzying world of spies and the mind of the detective charged with foiling their elaborate plots. The Dialogue Espionage Classics series began in 2010 with the purpose of bringing back classic out-of-print spy stories that should never be forgotten. From the Great War to the Cold War, from the French Resistance to the Cambridge Five, from Special Operations to Bletchley Park, this fascinating spy history series includes some of the best military, espionage and adventure stories ever told.
Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga
Basil Thomson
bookSavage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga
Basil Thomson
bookThe Story Of Scotland Yard
Basil Thomson
bookA Murder is Arranged : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookRichardson's First Case : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookThe Case of Naomi Clynes : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookWho Killed Stella Pomeroy? : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookThe Case of the Dead Diplomat : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookRichardson Scores Again : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookThe Milliner's Hat Mystery : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookThe Dartmoor Enigma : An Inspector Richardson Mystery
Basil Thomson
bookOdd People : Hunting Spies in the First World War
Basil Thomson
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Cher : Strong Enough
Josiah Howard
bookHello, Shadowlands : Inside the Meth Fiefdoms, Rebel Hideouts and Bomb-Scarred Party Towns of Southeast Asia
Patrick Winn
audiobookbookPsychic Junkie : A Memoir
Sarah Lassez
bookThe Bunny Years : The Surprising Inside Story of the Playboy Clubs: The Women Who Worked as Bunnies, and Where They Are Now
Kathryn Leigh Scott
bookAnimal Farm van George Orwell (Boekanalyse) : Volledige analyse en gedetailleerde samenvatting van het werk
Larissa Duval
bookTommyland
Tommy Lee
bookHet jongetje dat schilder werd : Een autobiografie
Peter Donkersloot
bookDirty Daddy : The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian
Bob Saget
audiobookSliding Into Home
Kendra Wilkinson, Jon Warech
bookQueen P : een bewogen leven
Linda Bruins Slot, Petra Pelties
bookThe Vegas Diaries : Romance, Rolling the Dice, and the Road to Reinvention
Holly Madison
audiobookThe House of Beckham : Money, Sex and Power
Tom Bower
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