The Resource House of Spies : St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage, Peter Matthews, (electronic resource)
House of Spies : St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage, Peter Matthews, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- St. Ermin's Hotel has been synonymous with British espionage since the 1930s, when the SIS (MI6) was situated nearby at 54 Broadway. Bristling with intelligence officers such as Ian Fleming and Nöel Coward, the hotel was initially revealed by the notorious double agent Arthur Owens, code named SNOW, to be a covert base for the Secret Intelligence Service's Section D, before three gloomy private rooms on the third floor became the birthplace of Winston Churchill's SOE in the early days of World War II. During the late 1940s, the traitorous spies Kim Philby and Guy Burgess would hand over intelligence to their Russian counterparts when they regularly met in the hotel's Caxton Bar, while St. Ermin's proximity to government offices ensured its continued use by both domestic and foreign secret agents. This first book on the history of the hotel reveals the remarkable stories of the spies who met there and the secrets they were sharing
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780750964074
- Label
- House of Spies : St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage
- Title
- House of Spies
- Title remainder
- St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Matthews
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- St. Ermin's Hotel has been synonymous with British espionage since the 1930s, when the SIS (MI6) was situated nearby at 54 Broadway. Bristling with intelligence officers such as Ian Fleming and Nöel Coward, the hotel was initially revealed by the notorious double agent Arthur Owens, code named SNOW, to be a covert base for the Secret Intelligence Service's Section D, before three gloomy private rooms on the third floor became the birthplace of Winston Churchill's SOE in the early days of World War II. During the late 1940s, the traitorous spies Kim Philby and Guy Burgess would hand over intelligence to their Russian counterparts when they regularly met in the hotel's Caxton Bar, while St. Ermin's proximity to government offices ensured its continued use by both domestic and foreign secret agents. This first book on the history of the hotel reveals the remarkable stories of the spies who met there and the secrets they were sharing
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- CtWfDGI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Matthews, Peter
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Espionage, British
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- House of Spies : St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage, Peter Matthews, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00012458
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750964074
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780750964074
- (Sirsi) b1474645
- Label
- House of Spies : St Ermin's Hotel, the London Base of British Espionage, Peter Matthews, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Control code
- frd00012458
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access limited to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780750964074
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780750964074
- (Sirsi) b1474645
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