Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Plates ix
4. Acknowledgements xii
5. Abbreviations and glossary xiv
6. Author’s note xvi
7. Map of Europe in 1925 xviii
8. PROLOGUE. Cocktails 1
9. INTRODUCTION. Soldier, spy 4
10. PART I: EUROPE
11. 1 The slow war 17
12. 2 Red Vienna 25
13. 3 Tangled web 46
14. 4 A dangerous game 69
15. 5 Finis Austriae 87
16. 6 The spy who saved a generation 116
17. 7 At the mercy of the Gestapo 141
18. PART II: BRITAIN
19. 8 Secrets of the Tower 159
20. 9 Eavesdropping on the enemy 168
21. 10 The Hess affair 180
22. 11 The madness of Hess 194
23. 12 A very secret place 210
24. 13 Special intelligence 232
25. 14 D-Day and its aftermath 247
26. 15 Still listening 261
27. EPILOGUE. A life of secrets 280
28. AFTERWORD. Secrets to the grave 289
29. Endnotes 296
30. Bibliography and further reading 327
31. Index 332