Her Majesty's Secret Service

by Christopher Andrew

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The making of the British Intelligence Community.

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I was only interested in the Victorian era spies for a small research project so I only read the first chapter. It was thorough, witty, humorous and engrossing. I suspect the rest of the book is as well.

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