Author: Mark Hollingsworth; Nick Fielding
Title: Defending the Realm Mi5 and the Shayler Affair
Description: London, Andre Deutsch, 1999. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detailed look at the Secret Service and its effectiveness after the Shayler scandal in 1997. David Shayler was a British journalist and former MI5 (Security Service) officer. Shayler earned notoriety after being prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for his passing secret documents to the Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman. In black cloth binding with unclipped Brodart dustwrapper. Externally very smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Light edgewear to the dustwapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: secret service shayler david shayler defending the realm shayler None


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