My Family and Other Spies: A gripping MI6 memoir of espionage, secrecy, and a son uncovering his father’s past
My Family and Other Spies: A gripping MI6 memoir of espionage, secrecy, and a son uncovering his father’s past by Alistair Wood
English | 8 May 2025 | ISBN: 0241726352, 9781405971997 | True EPUB | 384 pages | 10.5 MB
English | 8 May 2025 | ISBN: 0241726352, 9781405971997 | True EPUB | 384 pages | 10.5 MB
An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.
"It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father…"
As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, surrounded by some of the most senior - and colourful - characters in SIS history.
After all, he was family. His mother was one of a handful of women to have operated behind the lines in post-war Berlin. His father, once one of Britain’s most highly-regarded intelligence officers, was an absent and perplexing figure, the reasons for his sudden departure from the Service still classified to this day.
But Wood’s search for the truth took him on a journey more remarkable than even he had imagined.
My Family and Other Spies is a gripping exploration of an extraordinary, scarcely believable life, a globe-trotting spy story that spans a half century from the gathering storm before the Second World War to the fall of Communism, and a son’s reckoning with the secrets of the past.