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Intelligence & espionage

Codename Rygor by Mieczyslaw Zygfryd Slowikowski Codename Rygor is an example of where the Americans claimed an espionage coup that was in fact down to the Poles. more Only £8.99 Was £9.99 You save £1.00

Conceal, Create, Confuse by Martin Davies This is the story of the British Army's endeavours during the Great War to deceive the enemy and trick him into weakening his defences and redeploying his reserves. more £14.99

Defeating Hitler by Paul Winter Paul Winter sets the top secret report Some Weaknesses in German Strategy and Organisation 1933-1945 in its historical setting, providing biographies of key figures referenced and a timeline of the crucial events. more Only £18.00 Was £20.00 You save £2.00

Dilly by Mavis Batey The story of the highly eccentric Alfred Dillwyn Knox, known simply as Dilly who was one of the leading figures in the British codebreaking success of the two world wars. more Only £8.99 Was £9.99 You save £1.00

Double Agent Snow by James Hayward Based on recently de-classified MI5 files and previously unpublished sources, this is the story of a secret Battle of Britain, fought by Snow and his opposing spymasters, as well as the tragic love triangle between Owens, his wife Irene, and his mist more Only £14.99 Was £16.99 You save £2.00

Double Cross by Ben Macintyre The story of the D-Day spies, one of the oddest military units ever assembled. These double agents, variously, brave, treacherous, fickle, greedy and inspired were not conventional warriors, but their masterpiece of deceit saved countless lives. more Only £7.19 Was £7.99 You save £0.80

Empire of Secrets by Walton Calder A brilliant exploration of the role of the intelligence services at the end of Britain's empire. more Only £20.00 Was £25.00 You save £5.00

Engineers of Victory by Paul Kennedy The focus of this is on the problem-solvers - Major-General Perry Hobart, who invented the 'funny tanks' which flattened the curve on the D-Day beaches; Flight Lieutenant Ronnie Harker 'the man who put the Merlin in the Mustang'; Captain 'Johnny' Wal more Only £22.50 Was £25.00 You save £2.50

Enigma by Hugh Sebag-Montefiore Breaking the German Enigma codes was not only about brilliant mathematicians and professors at Bletchley Park. There is another aspect of the story which it is only now possible to tell. more Only £8.09 Was £8.99 You save £0.90

Foreign Field by Ben Macintyre A true-life wartime romance, survival saga and murder mystery set in rural France during the First World War, from the bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and Agent Zig-Zag more £7.99