Beschreibung:
The first biography of the gentleman spy and writer who provided the inspiration for John le Carre's most famous character.
ContentsAcknowledgements viiPreface 1Chapter 1 Ancestry, 1100-1908, and Early Life, 51908-27Chapter 2 Political Awakening, 1927-9 32Chapter 3 Journalism and Marriage, 1929-39 48Chapter 4 Fighting Fascism: MI5, 1940-45 78Chapter 5 Allied Control Council, 1946-8 112Chapter 6 Journalist, 1948-50 136Chapter 7 Return to MI5 and Debut as a Novelist, 1511950-58Chapter 8 The Genesis of George Smiley, 1958-66 182Chapter 9 MI5 Agent Runner and Novelist, 1960-69 196Chapter 10 Disappointments, 1969-79 220Chapter 11 Smiley Triumphant, 1974-82 241Chapter 12 Retirement, 1979-88 260Chapter 13 The Seventh Lord Clanmorris, 1908-88 283Bibliography 293Index 299Picture credits 309