Double Agent Snow

Synopsis

The eve of the outbreak of World War II: double-agent Arthur Owens, codenamed SNOW, is summoned to Berlin and appointed Hitler's chief spy in England. Days later: he finds himself in Wandsworth prison, betrayed by his scorned wife, and forced to transmit false wireless messages for MI5 to earn his freedom and escape the hangman's noose. A vain and devious anti-hero with no moral compass, Owens' motives for treachery were money, status and women. At times he posed as a true patriot, at others Owens saw himself as a daring rogue agent, outwitting British Intelligence and loyal only to the Fatherland. Yet in 1944, as Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, Hitler was caught unawares by a strategic deception played out by the double-cross agents who followed Owens at MI5. For all his flaws, Agent Snow became the traitor who saved his country. Based on recently declassified MI5 files and previously unpublished sources, Double Agent Snow is the remarkable story of a secret Battle of Britain, fought by Snow and his opposing spymasters. James Hayward weaves together a thrilling and evocative account populated by a colourful rogue's gallery of double-cross agents. ames Hayward's previous books include The Bodies on the Beach, Shadowplayers and Myths and Legends of the Second World War. As a solicitor he worked on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, and as a historian has collaborated with organisations including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum. He lives in Norfolk and is the proud owner (and very occasional rider) of a vintage 1938 autocycle.

Copyright:

2013

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9780857208576

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster

Date of Addition:

11/22/12

Copyrighted By:

James Hayward

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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