At the age of eighty-five Joan Stanley is unmasked as a Cold War spy who passed secrets about the production of the atomic bomb to the Russians. During five days of interrogation by MI5 we share her memories of student life in Cambridge and learn how the intense relationships she formed during that ...
Book at Beachtime Eleanor Bron and Olivia Hallinan read Jennie Rooney's thriller.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036wblb/Book_at_Beachtime_Jennie_Rooney_Red_Joan_Episode_1/A novel loosely based on this woman's exploits:British spy Melita Norwood helped speed up USSR's atomic bomb programme. Me...
I'm not sure whether I was quite in the mood for this book - I've been pretty tired of late and found it hard to concentrate before bed, my main reading time - and consequently didn't enjoy it as much as I was expecting to. I found it a bit uneven - some chapters of the story seemed to move along n...
A book that was given to me - a love story, normally anathema to me, but it was given high billing... nervous!Please, Bettie, Hayes - anyone else who cares in the slightest bit about my reading habits - keep reminding me how much I hate romance.
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