I Spy
eBook - ePub

I Spy

The Secret Life of a British Agent

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eBook - ePub

I Spy

The Secret Life of a British Agent

About this book

'A fascinating account of an extraordinary father by his son.' Lord Rees-Mogg

Who was Major Kavan Elliott? Womaniser, rogue, wartime saboteur, peacetime spy - even all of these?

Behind the cover of a seemingly respectable business career, Elliott was entangled in a complex web of deception, glamorous women, Communist double agents and interrogation at the hands of the Gestapo and Hungarian secret police. Was the man who dropped blind into Serbia in 1942 on a mission for SOE a courageous daredevil or a philandering scoundrel?

This is the extraordinary true story of the quest undertaken by Kavan Elliott's son to discover the truth about his father. From the torture chambers of Budapest to the classified archives of the British Secret Intelligence Service, I Spy reveals an astonishing legacy of espionage, betrayal, romance and double-dealing. This Faber Finds edition includes a new afterword by Geoffrey Elliot, drawing on hitherto secret documents.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9780571299737
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Note on the 2013 Edition
  9. Author’s Note
  10. 1: A Game of Circles: Hungary 1946
  11. 2: Remains
  12. 3: Memories Are Made of This
  13. 4: A Few of His Bones
  14. 5: South from Kentish Town
  15. 6: Marriage à la Mode
  16. 7: Special Operations
  17. 8: Balkan Realities
  18. 9: Bulgarian Epilogue
  19. 10: Trains and Boats and Planes
  20. 11: DISCLAIM
  21. 12: Inquest into Failure
  22. 13: Spangenberg Castle
  23. 14: The Major and the Menshevik
  24. 15: His Bonnet in Germany
  25. 16: Welcome to Hungary
  26. 17: Layers of Truth
  27. 18: The Final Veil
  28. 19: Sanders down the River
  29. 20: Island in the Sun
  30. 21: Hail and Farewell
  31. Postscript
  32. Index
  33. Plates
  34. Copyright