| Record Number |
775226 |
| ISBN |
9781510074439 (pbk.) : |
| Author |
Kell, Constance, -1971 author. |
| Title |
A secret well kept : the untold story of Sir Vernon Kell, founder of MI5 / Constance Kell ; foreword by Caroline Coverdale ; introduction by Stewart Binns ; notes by Chris Northcott. |
| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
Rearsby, Leicester W.F. Howes Ltd, 2017. |
| ©2017 |
| Pagination etc. |
xv, 320 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Clipper |
| Contents note |
Standard print edition originally published: London: Conway. |
| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary Note |
The United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly know as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell ('K' within the agency) not only founded MI5 but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government department during the twentieth century. Kell was also fluent in six foreign languages, making him arguably the most gifted linguist ever to head a Western intelligence agency. 'A Secret Well Kept' was written by Kell's wife, Lady Constance Kell, in the 1950s. |
| Subject - Name |
Kell, Vernon, -- Sir,1873-1942 |
| Kell, Constance,-1971 |
| Subject |
Great Britain MI5 -- History. |
| Large print books |
| Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- History |
| Large type books |
| Added Author |
Kell, Constance, -1971 writer of preface. |
| Binns, Stewart writer of introduction. |
| Northcott, Chris writer of supplementary textual content. |
| Shelf Location |
LP B KELL |
