Research Catalog

Title

Ian Fleming and SOE's Operation POSTMASTER : the untold top secret story / Brian Gordon Lett.

Author

Lett, Brian.

Publication

Barnsley, [England] : Pen & Sword, 2012.

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Description

x, 255 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

This is a true story of a force of 'licensed to kill' secret agents, commanded by a real war time secret service chief code names M, with whom Ian Fleming worked, and upon whom his James Bond stories were based.

Subject

• Fleming, Ian, 1908-1964
• Great Britain. Special Operations Executive
• Warfare and Defence
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Fernando Po

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.10 January 1942 -- 2.The Beginning -- 3.Preparing the Fightback: June to December 1940 -- 4.M and Ian Fleming -- 5.Becoming Secret Agents -- 6.Operation Savannah -- 7.The Birth of Maid Honor Force -- 8.The Man Who Would Have Written James Bond -- 9.The Problem in West Africa -- 10.The Voyage to West Africa -- 11.Preparations and Frustrations -- 12.Interlude in Freetown -- 13.Gaining Approval for Postmaster -- 14.Blackmail on Fernando Po -- 15.Plan of Attack -- 16.The Final Pieces of the Puzzle -- 17.The Cover Story -- 18.Final Preparation in Santa Isabel -- 19.Maid Honor Attack -- 20.The Nuneaton Takes the Likomba -- 21.The Vulcan Takes the Duchessa d'Aosta -- 22.Escape -- 23.The International Cover-up -- 24.Richard Lippett -- 25.Dispersal, Recognition, Reward.

ISBN

• 9781781590003 (hbk)
• 1781590001 (hbk)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library