Wow! eBook
Snow: The Double Life of a World War II Spy
Author(s): Nigel West (Author), Madoc Roberts (Author)
- Publisher: Biteback
- Publication Date: 19 May 2011
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781849540933
- ISBN-13: 9781849540933
Book Description
SNOW is the codename assigned to Arthur Owens, one of the most remarkable British spies of the Second World War. This typical Welsh underfed type became the first of the great double-cross agents who were to play a major part in Britain’s victory over the Germans. When the stakes could not have been higher, MI5 sought to build a double-cross system based on the shifting loyalties of a duplicitous, philandering and vain anti-hero who was boastful and brave, reckless and calculating, ruthless and mercenary… but patriotic. Or was he? Based on recently declassified files and meticulous research, Snow reveals for the first time the truth about an extraordinary man.
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About the Author
Nigel West is the pen name of Rupert Allason, an author specialising in security, intelligence, secret service and espionage issues. Madoc Roberts is a director, producer and film editor.
