This is the first volume of Nigel West's acclaimed presentation
of these fascinating diaries from the heart of Britain's Second
World War intelligence operations.
'No intelligence buff can be without this volume and anyone
interested in British twentieth century history needs it too.'
M.R.D. Foot, The Spectator
'Regarded by historians as the most important military
intelligence documents from the whole of the Second World War.'
Irish Independent
' A] unique insight into the espionage secrets of the Second
World War. Its historical importance is enhanced by the editing of
Nigel West who, apart from decoding several obscure references to
the secret war, persuaded the Security Service to break their rule
of maintaining an agent's anonymity.'
BBC History Magazine
WALLFLOWERS is the codename given to one of the Security
Service's most treasured possessions, the daily journal dictated
from August 1939 to June 1945 by MI5's Director of Counter
Espionage, Guy Liddell, to his secretary, Margo Huggins. The
document was considered so highly classified that it was retained
in the safe of successive Directors General, and special permission
was required to read it.
No other member of the Security Service is known to have maintained
a diary and the twelve volumes of this journal represent a unique
record of the events and personalities of the period, a veritable
tour d'horizon of the entire subject. As Director, B Division,
Liddell supervised all the major pre-war and wartime espionage
investigations, maintained a watch on suspected pro-Nazis and laid
the foundations of the famous 'double cross system' of enemy double
agents. He was unquestionably one of the most reclusive and
remarkable men of his generation, and a legend within his own
organization.
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