Rory Cormac

A compelling history of the dark arts of statecraft... Fascinating Jonathan Rugman Rich in anecdote and detail. The Times Today's world is in flux. Competition between the great powers is back on the agenda and governments around the world are turning to secret statecraft and the hidden hand to navigate these uncertain waters. From poisonings to electoral interference, subversion to...

A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021 'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' The Times 'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times 'Excellent... Compelling' Guardian For the first time, Spying and the Crown uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana. In...