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URL:https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/events/9a
SUMMARY:Henry Hemming - Maxwell Knight: MI5's greatest spymaster
DESCRIPTION:A gripping talk about two remarkable female spies and the man w
 ho ran them: an animal-loving drop-out who went on to become MI5’s great
 est spymaster. This is the dramatic true story of a maverick MI5 officer w
 ho recruited two women in the 1930s to penetrate the British Communist mov
 ement. Their skillful\, deft work led to the exposure of a Soviet spy-ring
  in the Woolwich Arsenal\, a famous court case and one of them being haile
 d in America as ‘Britain’s counter-espionage heroine’.\n\nRather tha
 n try to cram the book M into a single talk\, Henry has chosen to focus on
  a single thrilling episode in which we will:\n\n- Get to know MI5’s Max
 well Knight\, better known as ‘M’–a complex\, conflicted character a
 nd an inspiration for the James Bond ‘M’ as well as John Le Carré’s
  Jack Brotherhood in A Perfect Spy.\n\n- Learn about M’s remarkable agen
 t Olga Gray\, a typist with a troubled past and the extraordinary ability 
 to cope with the pressure of leading a double life.\n\n- Find out the name
  of M’s second female agent\, ‘M/2’\, which has never been revealed 
 by MI5. After years of detective work Henry has been able to discover who 
 she really was.\n\n- Get a taste of what it was like to work for M through
  several games involving them. These are designed to find out how observan
 t everyone in the audience really is and how many of them can lie\, as the
 y say in the navy\, like a hairy egg.\n\nDramatic rights to M were recentl
 y optioned in a pre-emptive deal by Damien Timmer\, MD of Mammoth Screen\n
 \n[caption id="attachment_4137" align="alignright" width="163"] photo cred
 it: Jeff Overs[/caption]\n\n(Poldark\, Victoria\, Parade’s End)\, with t
 he Oscar-nominated Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies)\, attached as lead write
 r. Henry’s last book\, Churchill’s Iceman\, published in the US as The
  Ingenious Mr Pyke\, became a NY Times bestseller. Henry Hemming is an ent
 ertaining and experienced speaker. His talks are engaging\, lively and car
 efully tailored to the audience\, whether it’s the group of businessmen 
 he spoke to recently in Saudi Arabia or the society of nudists he once add
 ressed in Cornwall.\n\nThis event will be chaired by Peter Guttridge.
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LOCATION:Orwell Hotel - His Lordship's Library\, Hamilton Road\, Felixstowe
 \, United Kingdom
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