The reappearance, almost eighty years after it was banned, of the uncensored version of Greek Memories, Compton Mackenzie’s memoir of his time as MI6 – then MI1(c) – head of station in Athens in the middle of the First World War, is something of a literary event. Its original publication in 1932 led to Mackenzie’s conviction under the Official Secrets Act.

Oct 2011

The Spy Who Loved Himself

The Big Chill

Spies Who Came in from the Cold

Whispers in Downing Street

Intelligence Tests

From Russia with Lev

Red Alert

Dropped in It

For Your Eyes Only

Team of His Own

Colder War

Decisions, Decisions

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