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The eagle in the mirror : the greatest spy story never told / Jesse Fink.

Summary:

"Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of Charles Howard "Dick" Ellis, the Australian-born British intelligence officer and master spy accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780806543680
ISBN: 080654368X
Physical Description: xxxi, 319 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	"In search of Charles Howard "Dick" Ellis, MI6's top agent in America during World War II" "First published by Viking in 2023"--title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Maps -- Author's note: Twist slowly in the wind -- The purge -- The toils of childhood -- Front to frontier -- Stalin and the King's messenger -- A stranger in a strange land -- The league of gentlemen -- The spy from Santiago -- The general -- A dangerous game -- The venlo myth -- The black book -- Our man in New York -- a sledghammer in search of an anvil -- Little window -- Philby's blank -- The clouds are parting -- Crying towel -- Nailing Ellis -- Among the dripping shrubs -- A break in the silence -- The Ellis identity -- Acronyms -- Glossary -- Gazetteer -- Key events -- Dramatis personae -- Honours received by Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis -- Quotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes -- Index.