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First World War espionage was a fascinating and dangerous affair,
spawning widespread paranoia in its clandestine wake. The hysteria
of the age, stoked by those within the British establishment who
sought to manipulate popular panic, meant there was no shortage of
suspects. Exaggerated claims were rife: some 80,000 Germans were
supposedly hidden all over Britain, just waiting for an impending
(and imagined) invasion. No one could be trusted - Against this
backdrop, as head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation
Department, it was Basil Thomson's responsibility to hunt, arrest
and interrogate the potential German spies identifi ed by the
nascent British intelligence services. Thomson's story is an
extraordinary compendium of sleuthing and secrets from a real-life
Sherlock Holmes, following the trails of the many specimens he
tracked, including the famous dancer, courtesan and spy, Mata Hari.
Yet his activities gained him enemies, as did his criticism of
British intelligence, his ambition to control MI5 and his efforts
to root out left-wing revolutionaries - which would ultimately
prove to be the undoing of his career. Odd People is the insightful
and wittily observed account of Thomson's incomparably exciting
job, offering us a rare glimpse into the dizzying world of spies
and the mind of the detective charged with foiling their elaborate
plots. The Dialogue Espionage Classics series began in 2010 with
the purpose of bringing back classic out-of-print spy stories that
should never be forgotten. From the Great War to the Cold War, from
the French Resistance to the Cambridge Five, from Special
Operations to Bletchley Park, this fascinating spy history series
includes some of the best military, espionage and adventure stories
ever told.
This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.
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