‘Timely… Hemming gives us a great deal to think about.’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
*
‘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
*
‘Gripping and intoxicating, it unfolds like the best screenplay.’
NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
*
‘This is excellent, surprising and timely. Henry is a proper talent.’
DAN SNOW
*
‘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
*
‘A galloping story that Henry Hemming tells with clarity and aplomb.’
NEW STATESMAN
*
‘Fast-paced… Our Man in New York reads like the film script of a 1940s thriller.’
THE TIMES
*
‘Hemming tells this racy story well.’
THE SUNDAY TIMES
*
‘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
*
‘Admirable […] Among much else, Mr. Hemming’s chronicle reminds us of “Intrepid’s” remarkable true history.’
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
*
‘Hemming is a first-class writer […] delivering the tale in exciting and authoritative style.’
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE
*
‘An excellent work of popular narrative history’
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
*
‘[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.’
