Claire Hubbard-Hall

Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909, women have worked at the very heart of British secret intelligence - yet their contributions have been all but written out of history. Now, drawing on private and previously classified documents, leading historian Claire Hubbard-Hall brings their gripping true stories to life. From encoding orders and decrypting enemy messages...

Beautifully written and elegiac . . . a masterpiece Damien Lewis, author of multiple Sunday Times Bestsellers Riveting, original and scrupulously researched Richard J Aldrich, author of GCHQ Phenomenal . . . genuinely pioneering, undoubtedly necessary and a great read Rory Cormac, author of How to Stage a Coup Since the inception of the Secret Service Bureau back in 1909,...