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A rollicking tale of secret service adventure in the years leading up to World War I.
List of contents
Introduction xi
Preface by the authors xv
Chapter 1 The hidden menace 1
Chapter 2 The men who did the work 19
Chapter 3 While Germany prepared for war 31
Chapter 4 'Selling the Dummy' 47
Chapter 5 'The Song of the Sword' - and howitzers 59
Chapter 6 Hue and cry ! 75
Chapter 7 Why Jutland was indecisive 91
Chapter 8 Some notable 'scoops' 109
Chapter 9 Probing dockyard secrets 127
Chapter 10 Unriddling the sands 143
Chapter 11 Famous 'spy' trials 161
Chapter 12 Watching the High Seas Fleet 179
Chapter 13 The men who heard the U-boats talk 193
Chapter 14 Adventures in counter-espionage 209
Chapter 15 The lighter side of ID work 227
Chapter 16 Fighting the wreckers in America 243
Chapter 17 Gambling on 'The Day ' 259
Chapter 18 False dawn 275
About the author
Hector C. Bywater: A British journalist and military author, Hector Charles Bywater is best known for his 1925 book The Great Pacific War, a fictional naval conflict between the United States and Japan that anticipated many of the actions undertaken by the two sides during World War Two. He died in 1940.
H. C. Ferraby: H. C. Ferraby was a journalist with the Daily Express. He authored or co-authored a number of titles on espionage and intelligence including The Immortal Story of Zeebruge and Ostend.
Summary
Originally written up in 1930 as a series of thrilling articles in the Daily Telegraph, Hector Bywater experiences were soon turned into a book, with the help of Daily Express journalist H. C. Ferraby.
