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Queen of spies : Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master, Paddy Hayes

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Daphne was sometimes considered to be a blend of Margaret Rutherford, the bosomy and beloved actress, and Rosa Klebb, the cold-eyed KGB dragon-lady with a poisoned blade in her shoe. From living in a tin-roofed shack north of Dar-es- Salaam to becoming Baroness Park of Monmouth, Daphne Park led a most unusual life, one that consisted of a lifelong love affair with the world of Britain's secret services. In the 1970s she was appointed to SIS's most senior operational rank as one of its seven Area Controllers- an extraordinary achievement for a w omen working within this most male-dominated and secretive of organisations. In this first biography for twenty years of any Cold War British spy -the defectors Philby and Blake apart - Paddy Hayes recounts the fascinating story of the evolution of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from World War II to the Cold War and beyond through the eyes of one of its outstanding and most unusual operatives. He provides the reader with one of the most intimate narratives yet of how the modern SIS actually went about its business whether in Moscow, Hanoi or the Congo. Queen of Spies captures the paranoia, the real life wilderness of mirrors aspect of intelligence work finally unveiling all that it may be possible to know about the life of one of Britain's most celebrated spies
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue: Moscow, April 1956
  • From Kayuki to Clapham, 1921-32
  • Born now bred, 1932-43
  • SOE 1: Bingham's Unit, 1943-44
  • SOE 2: Coup de foudre, 1944
  • SOE 3: Daffers goes to war, 1944
  • Vienna role, 1946-48
  • A world changing, 1947-48
  • Into the lion's den, 1948-51
  • Moscow bound, 1951-54
  • Moscow 1: either silence or prison, 1954
  • Moscow 2: the squirrel and his nuts, 1955
  • Moscow 3: the strange affair of Yevgeni Brik, 1956
  • Moscow 4: Annus horribilis, 1956
  • From SovBloc to sun-block, 1957-59
  • Congo 1: into the cauldron, 1959
  • Congo 2: on the eve of destruction, 1959-60
  • Congo 3: seven months to murder, 1960-61
  • Congo 4: who killed Cock Robin? Not I, said the spy, 1961
  • Bewitched, bothered, bewildered...and betrayed, 1962-64
  • Back in the field, 1964-67
  • Reform at last, 1967-69
  • Hanoi 1: spy station Hanoi, 1969-70
  • Hanoi 2: though never quite enough to ask for another year, 1969-70
  • What Daphne did next, 1970-74
  • C/WH 1: spymaster, 1975-77
  • C/WH 2: finale: Rhodesia and the ending of UDI, 1978-79
  • Return to Somerville, 1980-89
  • Daphne Park: a life extraordinary
Isbn
9780715650431
Instance
Label
Queen of spies : Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master
Title
Queen of spies
Title remainder
Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master
Statement of responsibility
Paddy Hayes
Title variation
Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Daphne was sometimes considered to be a blend of Margaret Rutherford, the bosomy and beloved actress, and Rosa Klebb, the cold-eyed KGB dragon-lady with a poisoned blade in her shoe. From living in a tin-roofed shack north of Dar-es- Salaam to becoming Baroness Park of Monmouth, Daphne Park led a most unusual life, one that consisted of a lifelong love affair with the world of Britain's secret services. In the 1970s she was appointed to SIS's most senior operational rank as one of its seven Area Controllers- an extraordinary achievement for a w omen working within this most male-dominated and secretive of organisations. In this first biography for twenty years of any Cold War British spy -the defectors Philby and Blake apart - Paddy Hayes recounts the fascinating story of the evolution of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from World War II to the Cold War and beyond through the eyes of one of its outstanding and most unusual operatives. He provides the reader with one of the most intimate narratives yet of how the modern SIS actually went about its business whether in Moscow, Hanoi or the Congo. Queen of Spies captures the paranoia, the real life wilderness of mirrors aspect of intelligence work finally unveiling all that it may be possible to know about the life of one of Britain's most celebrated spies
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
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1946-
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Hayes, Paddy
Dewey number
B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Park of Monmouth, Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park
  • Park of Monmouth, Daphne Margaret Sybil Desiree Park
  • Great Britain
  • Women spies
  • Espionage, British
  • Spies
Target audience
adult
Label
Queen of spies : Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master, Paddy Hayes
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Moscow, April 1956 -- From Kayuki to Clapham, 1921-32 -- Born now bred, 1932-43 -- SOE 1: Bingham's Unit, 1943-44 -- SOE 2: Coup de foudre, 1944 -- SOE 3: Daffers goes to war, 1944 -- Vienna role, 1946-48 -- A world changing, 1947-48 -- Into the lion's den, 1948-51 -- Moscow bound, 1951-54 -- Moscow 1: either silence or prison, 1954 -- Moscow 2: the squirrel and his nuts, 1955 -- Moscow 3: the strange affair of Yevgeni Brik, 1956 -- Moscow 4: Annus horribilis, 1956 -- From SovBloc to sun-block, 1957-59 -- Congo 1: into the cauldron, 1959 -- Congo 2: on the eve of destruction, 1959-60 -- Congo 3: seven months to murder, 1960-61 -- Congo 4: who killed Cock Robin? Not I, said the spy, 1961 -- Bewitched, bothered, bewildered...and betrayed, 1962-64 -- Back in the field, 1964-67 -- Reform at last, 1967-69 -- Hanoi 1: spy station Hanoi, 1969-70 -- Hanoi 2: though never quite enough to ask for another year, 1969-70 -- What Daphne did next, 1970-74 -- C/WH 1: spymaster, 1975-77 -- C/WH 2: finale: Rhodesia and the ending of UDI, 1978-79 -- Return to Somerville, 1980-89 -- Daphne Park: a life extraordinary
Control code
000056414450
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780715650431
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015039895
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)929863270
Label
Queen of spies : Daphne Park, Britain's Cold War spy master, Paddy Hayes
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: Moscow, April 1956 -- From Kayuki to Clapham, 1921-32 -- Born now bred, 1932-43 -- SOE 1: Bingham's Unit, 1943-44 -- SOE 2: Coup de foudre, 1944 -- SOE 3: Daffers goes to war, 1944 -- Vienna role, 1946-48 -- A world changing, 1947-48 -- Into the lion's den, 1948-51 -- Moscow bound, 1951-54 -- Moscow 1: either silence or prison, 1954 -- Moscow 2: the squirrel and his nuts, 1955 -- Moscow 3: the strange affair of Yevgeni Brik, 1956 -- Moscow 4: Annus horribilis, 1956 -- From SovBloc to sun-block, 1957-59 -- Congo 1: into the cauldron, 1959 -- Congo 2: on the eve of destruction, 1959-60 -- Congo 3: seven months to murder, 1960-61 -- Congo 4: who killed Cock Robin? Not I, said the spy, 1961 -- Bewitched, bothered, bewildered...and betrayed, 1962-64 -- Back in the field, 1964-67 -- Reform at last, 1967-69 -- Hanoi 1: spy station Hanoi, 1969-70 -- Hanoi 2: though never quite enough to ask for another year, 1969-70 -- What Daphne did next, 1970-74 -- C/WH 1: spymaster, 1975-77 -- C/WH 2: finale: Rhodesia and the ending of UDI, 1978-79 -- Return to Somerville, 1980-89 -- Daphne Park: a life extraordinary
Control code
000056414450
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vii, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780715650431
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2015039895
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)929863270

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