Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis - The Most Remarkable Agent of the Second World War

The spy who fooled the Nazis. This relates the story of the man who went from cook to spy, until finally becoming one of the most remarkable agents of the second world war.

About the author

Mihir Bose, the first BBC sports editor, has written for all the major British papers including the Sunday Times and Daily Telegraph. An award winning author and journalist he has won: Business Columnist of the Year, Sports Reporter of the Year and Sports Story of the Year. His History of Indian cricket was the first Indian cricket book to win the Cricket Society Literary Award. Loughborough University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate for outstanding contribution to journalism and promotion of equality. His 29 books range from biography and history through business and sport and the only narrative history of Bollywood.

Summary

The sole quintuple spy of the Second World War he was the only spy the Soviet Union shared with the British who codenamed him Silver. He fooled the Nazis into paying him GBP2.5 m. They also gave him a transmitter which he used to broadcast false military information directly to Abwehr headquarters in Berlin. The Germans awarded him the Iron Cross.

Product details

• Authors: Mihir Bose
• Publisher: Durnell
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781781553718
• ISBN: 978-1-78155-371-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 166 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 696 g
• Illustrations: 28 black and white photographs and 4 maps
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration