Colonel Z: The Life and Times of a Master of Spies

by Anthony Read, David Fisher

Recounts the career of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Claude Marjoribanks Dansey, one of the most important and controversial figures in the world of espionage during the first half of the twentieth century

361 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Anthony "Tony" Read (born 21 April 1935) was a British script editor, television writer and author. He was principally active in British television from the 1960s to the mid-1980s, although he occasionally contributed to televised productions until 1999. Starting in the 1980s, he launched a second career as a print author, concentrating largely on World War II histories. Since 2004 he regularly wrote prose fiction, mainly in the form of a revival of his popular 1983 television show, The Baker Street Boys.

Reviews

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting look into the minds that founded our intelligence agencies. It's unclear how seriously any of the contents can be taken though, given that the book's version of the assassination attempt executed by George Elser does not seem to be the version now considered to be factual. The version told by the book may be what was believed to be the truth at the time of publishing - or it was the version made available to the public for whatever purpose.