Between Silk and Cyanide

This true account of spycraft in the UK during World War II is “spellbinding...a compelling insider''s view to the shadow war: intrigue and treachery, double-dealing and deception, hope and despair, triumph and tragedy” (The New York Times Book Review).

In 1942, Leo Marks left his father''s famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as ...