{"product_id":"9781101443460","title":"The Secret History of MI6: 1909-1949","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe authorized history of the world's oldest and most storied foreign intelligence service, drawing extensively on hitherto secret documents\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBritain's Special Intelligence Service, commonly called MI6, is not  only the oldest and most storied foreign intelligence unit in the  world - it is also the only one to open its archives to an outside  researcher. The result, in this authorized history, is an unprecedented  and revelatory look at an organization that essentially created, over  the course of two world wars, the modern craft of spying. Here are the true stories that inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond's novels and John le Carré George Smiley novels. Examining  innovations from invisible ink and industrial-scale cryptography to  dramatic setbacks like the Nazi sting operations to bag British  operatives, this groundbreaking history is as engrossing as any  thriller - and much more revealing.\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the most authentic account one will ever read about how intelligence really works.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Trade Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119063351536,"sku":"9781101443460","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101443460_p0.jpg?v=1763686828","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101443460","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}