Chalke Talk

The podcast from the Chalke Valley History Festival
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63. M: MAXWELL KNIGHT, BRITAIN’S GREATEST SPYMASTER

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Maxwell Knight was a paradox. A jazz obsessive and nature enthusiast, he is seen today as one of MI5’s greatest spymasters, a man who did more than any other to break up British fascism. Drawing on declassified documents, private family archives and interviews, Henry Hemming reveals not just the shadowy world of espionage but also a brilliant, enigmatic man at its centre, known simply as M.



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