{"product_id":"9781250221766","title":"Agent Jack : The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAgent Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Robert Hutton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An appealing mix of accessibility and research. [Hutton] has illuminated a fascinating and often appalling side of the war at home.\" — \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in order to protect the country from the grips of fascism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune 1940: Europe has fallen to Adolf Hitler’s army, and Britain is his next target. Winston Churchill exhorts the country to resist the Nazis, and the nation seems to rally behind him. But in secret, some British citizens are plotting to hasten an invasion. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgent Jack \u003c\/i\u003etells the incredible true story of Eric Roberts, a seemingly inconsequential bank clerk who, in the guise of “Jack King”, helped uncover and neutralize the invisible threat of fascism on British shores. Gifted with an extraordinary ability to make people trust him, Eric Roberts penetrated the Communist Party and the British Union of Fascists before playing his greatest role for MI5: Hitler's man in London. Pretending to be an agent of the Gestapo, Roberts single-handedly built a network of hundreds of British Nazi sympathizers—factory workers, office clerks, shopkeepers —who shared their secrets with him. It was work so secret and so sensitive that it was kept out of the reports MI5 sent to Winston Churchill. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a gripping real-world thriller, Robert Hutton tells the fascinating story of an operation whose existence has only recently come to light with the opening of MI5’s World War II files. Drawing on these newly declassified documents and private family archives, \u003ci\u003eAgent Jack \u003c\/i\u003eshatters the comforting notion that Britain could never have succumbed to fascism and, consequently, that the world could never have fallen to Hitler. \u003ci\u003eAgent Jack\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one man who loved his country so much that he risked everything to stand against a rising tide of hate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Capably bringing to light a forgotten World War II story, British political correspondent Hutton ... has done an impressive job assembling transcripts, letters, interviews, and declassified documents into a delicious spy story. A delightful account of World War II espionage.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This entertaining, detailed narrative presents a chilling portrait of England under siege.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert Hutton has written a \u003cb\u003ewell-researched, highly readable\u003c\/b\u003e account of Roberts's strange undercover life.\" —Ben Macintyre, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eye-opening from start to finish. \u003cb\u003ePacy, original and frequently chilling\u003c\/b\u003e, Hutton offers a fascinating new take on the story of the Home Front.\"—Henry Hemming, author of \u003ci\u003eM: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robert Hutton's \u003cb\u003edeeply researched, often astounding\u003c\/b\u003e book describes how a loose network of homegrown fascists plotted to undermine wartime Britain, and explains the ingenious way MI5 attempted to neutralise them ... Hutton includes transcripts of eavesdropped conversations with these fanatics that would \u003cb\u003emake your hair stand on end.\" —\u003c\/b\u003eAnthony Quinn, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250221766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40678577766606,"sku":"9781250221766","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_c142bffd-6a29-49b3-992d-52b4c8af46da.jpg?v=1640057567","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250221766","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}