The Spycatcher affair remains one of the most intriguing moments in the history of British intelligence and a pivotal point in the publics relationship with the murky world of espionage and security. It lifted the lid on alleged Soviet infiltration of British institutions and revealed a culture of lawbreaking, bugging and burgling. But how much do we know about the story behind the scandal?In To Catch a Spy, Tim Tate reveals the astonishing true story of the British governments attempts to silence whistleblower Peter Wright and hide the truth about Britains intelligence services and political elites. Its a story of statesanctioned coverup plots of the government lying to Parliament and courts around the world and of stories leaked with the intention to mislead and deceive. This is a tale of high treason and low farce. Drawing on thousands of pages of previously unpublished court transcripts, the contents of secret British government files, and original interviews with many of the key players in the Spycatcher trials, it draws back the curtain on a hidden world. A world where spies, politicians and Britains most senior civil servants conspired to ride roughshod over the law, prevented the public from hearing about their actions and mounted a cynical conspiracy to deceive the world. It is the story of Peter Wrights ruthless and often lawless obsession to uncover Russian spies, both real and imagined, his belated determination to reveal the truth and the lengths to which the...

Binding: Hardback;400 pages; Publisher: Icon Books; Classification: BTC; Weight: 796 g; Dimensions: 242 x 161 x 33

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