Roger Hermiston: 2 books
All Behind You, Winston
Churchill's Great Coalition 1940-45
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2016
On 14 May 1940, the Evening Standard published a cartoon with the caption "All Behind You, Winston". It showed Churchill, the freshly installed prime minister, rolling up his sleeves to confront the oncoming menace of Nazi Germany. In his wake, leading the endless ranks of the British people,...
The Greatest Traitor
The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Sober, accurate and all the more thrilling for it. The best thing on Blake that we are likely to get for a very long time.' JOHN LE CARRÉ On 3 May 1961, after a trial conducted largely in secret, a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented forty-two years in jail. At the time few details...