My Family and Other Spies

<p><b>An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.</b></p><p><br>''<b>Simply stunning ... might be the best non-fiction book I’ve ever read about post-war SIS</b>'' CHARLES BEAUMONT<br><br>‘<b>A remarkable insight into British intelligence in the Cold War…with all the intrigue and suspense of a truly gripping espionage novel''</b> ALEX GERLIS<br><br>''<b>A compelling personal journey to uncover the truth and an intimate view into one of Britain’s most secretive organisations</b>'' HELEN FRY<br><br>–<br><b>It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father…</b><br><br>As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior - and colourful - characters in SIS history. <br><br>After all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin. His father, once one of Britain’s most highly-regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and perplexing figure, the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day. <br><br>But Wood’s search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined.<br><br><b><i>My Family and Other Spies</i> is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life, a globe-trotting spy story that spans a half century from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism, and a son’s reckoning with the secrets of the past.</b><br></p>