{"product_id":"strange-intelligence-memoirs-of-naval-secret-service","title":"Strange Intelligence - Memoirs of Naval Secret Service","description":"\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Intelligence\u003c\/span\u003e is the story of Hector Bywater, perhaps the British secret service's finest agent operating in Germany before the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough British, he was working at the time as a journalist for the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/span\u003e and would later write for the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMansfield Cumming, the first 'C' (or head of what would become MI6), recruited Bywater and gave him the designation 'H2O', in what was a rather obvious play on his name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot quite 007, the charming, courageous Bywater was probably as close to the popular image of James Bond as any British secret agent ever came.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBywater's main role was collecting intelligence on naval installations in northern Germany ahead of the First World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Hector Bywater and H. C. Ferraby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback: 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU: P8386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003eHector C. Bywater: A British journalist and military author, Hector Charles Bywater is best known for his 1925 book \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Great Pacific War\u003c\/span\u003e, a fictional naval conflict between the United States and Japan that anticipated many of the actions undertaken by the two sides during World War Two. He died in 1940.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. C. Ferraby: H. C. Ferraby was a journalist with the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/span\u003e. He authored or co-authored a number of titles on espionage and intelligence including \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Immortal Story of Zeebruge and Ostend\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957779591532,"sku":"P8386","price":24.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/Strange-Intelligence-Memoirs-of-Naval-Secret-Service-e1747625342571.jpg?v=1764811638","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/strange-intelligence-memoirs-of-naval-secret-service","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}