‘Timely… Hemming gives us a great deal to think about.’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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‘A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of World War II espionage finally has its expert chronicler.’
WILLIAM BOYD
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‘Gripping and intoxicating, it unfolds like the best screenplay.’
NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
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‘This is excellent, surprising and timely. Henry is a proper talent.’
DAN SNOW
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‘Fast-paced history… a tale of difficult odds, brilliant ruses, espionage and good old-fashioned detective work. In Hemming’s sure hands, America’s uncertain progress towards direct engagement in the second world war becomes riveting history.’
THE SPECTATOR
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‘A galloping story that Henry Hemming tells with clarity and aplomb.’
NEW STATESMAN
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‘Fast-paced… Our Man in New York reads like the film script of a 1940s thriller.’
THE TIMES
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‘Hemming tells this racy story well.’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
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‘Our Man in New York teems with good stories, there are cameos from Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, even Isaiah Berlin, and Hemming knows how to create suspense. […] This is crisply written popular history with a raconteur’s touch.’
TLS
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‘Admirable […] Among much else, Mr. Hemming’s chronicle reminds us of “Intrepid’s” remarkable true history.’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
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‘Hemming is a first-class writer […] delivering the tale in exciting and authoritative style.’
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
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‘An excellent work of popular narrative history’
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
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‘[A] page-turning spy thriller… Fluid, sharp writing, deep research, and a spy network with unparalleled ingenuity provide a snappy read and lots of shockers.’
KIRKUS REVIEWS
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Your Comments
Not quite sure when fiction fades into fact, i can forgive the author some indulgence. Rip roaring read though if Smiley is your genre. I did like the link to Joyce, the traitor not the Irish author and fascism and how bipolar the political world was then.
paul teare
Thanks Paul, glad you liked it. On fiction and fact all I can say is that anything I wasn’t sure about I left out of the book, everything that remained is supported by source material. The link to Joyce amazes me still. A fascinating relationship. Thanks again
henry
A most interesting book but there was a dark side to MK; as
Captain King he arranged for his agent at the glass works for
Theodore Schurch to set up with Fascists in London but failed to support him during the courts martial held at Chelsea in 1946
david
Hi David, thanks for this, and yes, there certainly was a dark side to MK. I hadn’t heard about Theodore Schurch. Where can I read more about him?
All very best,
Henry
henry
Dear Henry,
Thank you very much for writing “The Ingenious Mr. Pyke”. I have just finished it. He was a really wonderful man and should be much more remembered and celebrated.
What happened to Mr. Falk? How can I learn more about him?
John Allison
Thanks for this John, I’m so glad you enjoyed getting to know Geoffrey Pyke. I couldn’t agree more – he should be more celebrated. As for Mr Falk, I know very little about what happened to him. If you do find out, please let me know! Thanks again, Henry
henry