TY  - SOUND
AU  - Pearce,Martin
AU  - Pearce,Martin
TI  - Spymaster: the life of Britain's most decorated cold war spy and head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield 
SN  - 9781407972664
U1  - 327.1209 PEA 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Isis
KW  - Oldfield, Maurice,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - MI6
KW  - Spies
KW  - Biography
KW  - Espionage
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Audiobooks
N1  - Complete and unabridged; Soundings CD; Read by Martin Pearce; Adult
N2  - Sir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer's son from a provincial grammar school, Sir Maurice was the first Chief of MI6 who didn't come to the role via the traditional route. Oldfield was the voice of British Intelligence in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and was largely responsible for keeping the UK out of the Vietnam War. Working his way to the top, he took on the job of rebuilding confidence in the British Secret Service in the wake of the Cambridge spies scandal. This is the fascinating story of a complex, likable character as well as a formidable intelligence chief
ER  -