Revealed in full for the first time, the extraordinary life of Maxwell Knight, MI5's greatest spymaster
Henry Hemming is the author of five works of non-fiction, including the Sunday Times bestseller M, the Dolman Travel Award-shortlisted Misadventure in the Middle East and Churchill's Iceman, a New York Times bestseller. He has written for the Economist, The Sunday Times, FT Magazine and the Washington Post, among many others. He lives in London with his two children.
Fascinating biography ... Hemming has done a superb job
*The Times, 'Book of the Week'*
Excellent biography… The author has done a terrific job of
unscrambling Knight’s muddled life
*The Sunday Times*
Jaw-droppingly revelatory biography. *****
*Mail on Sunday*
‘Compelling new biography… Hemming has done a wonderful espionage
job of his own, scouring obscure files to bring long-hidden agents
and their exploits to light. It is also a gripping portrait of an
era, now long gone, when the establishment could accommodate such
extravagant oddness.
*Daily Telegraph*
Henry Hemming has found a peach of a subject... Full of new
material, fresh interpretations and uncompromising integrity... He
has managed the great feat of producing a rattling good read that
is also a major piece of revisionist history
*Wall Street Journal*
Hemming has written a very readable, thoughtful and comprehensive
account
*Literary Review*
I raced through Henry Hemming's book, constantly having to remind
myself that it wasn't a work of fiction. It really has everything
you'd want from a great espionage story: incredible agents risking
their lives; the highest possible stakes, with the safety of the
world hanging in the balance; and at its heart a complicated,
mercurial spy master in Maxwell Knight spinning an ever more
intricate web.
*Matt Charman, Oscar-nominated screenwriter of 'Bridge of
Spies'*
A major new biography
*Mail on Sunday*
Engaging and suspenseful
*Financial Times*
Lively contribution to a maverick literature
*The Observer*
Crammed with cracking stories and founded on sound research, Henry
Hemming’s biography of Maxwell Knight – ‘M’ – stands comparison
with the bestselling books of Ben Macintyre.
*Adam Sisman (Author of John Le Carré)*
Absolute proof that assiduous digging in the archives can produce
scoops. This is intelligence research at its best, especially in
the identification of hitherto anonymous agents. Definitely a great
contribution to the literature.
*Nigel West (Author of MI5)*
A fascinating portrait of a complex man. Espionage writing at its
best.
*Charles Cumming (Author of A Divided Spy)*
A cracking read, which both informs and entertains in equal
measure.
*Country Life*
Henry Hemming's excellent new life of Maxwell Knight [...] the most
convincing, balanced and intricate biography of this extraordinary
figure.
*The Spectator*
‘A terrific life of the brilliant and eccentric spymaster’
*The Sunday Times*
A jaw-droppingly revelatory biography
*EVENT magazine, Mail on Sunday*
The odd chap is brought to life
*The Times*
This is a terrific book, well researched and superbly written
*The Guardian*
a fascinating biography
*Keith Simpson MP’s Summer Reading List*
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