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The Spy in the Tower

by Giselle K. Jakobs
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781803998152
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: The History Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: The History Press Ltd
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  • Pages: N/A
  • Original Price: GBP 18.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 572 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Espionage

A family man who ran afoul of the Nazis, Josef Jakobs was ill-prepared for an espionage mission to England. Captured by the Home Guard after breaking his ankle, Josef was interrogated at Camp 020, before being prosecuted under the Treachery Act 1940 and executed on 15 August 1941.

An open and shut case? MI5's files suggest otherwise.

Faced with the threat of a German invasion in 1940/41, MI5 used promises and threats to break enemy agents, extract intelligence and turn some into double agents, challenging the validity of the 'voluntary' confessions used to prosecute captured spies. But, more than that - was Josef set up to fail? Was he a sacrifice to test the double-cross system?

The Spy in the Tower tells the untold story of one of Nazi Germany's failed agents, and calls into question the legitimacy of Britain's wartime espionage trials and the success of its double-cross system.

GISELLE K. JAKOBS is the granddaughter of Josef Jakobs. She has a doctorate in paleontology, which has given her strong research skills that were indispensable in unearthing and tying together the threads of this complex story. A subsequent master's degree in theology and experience as a pastoral associate tempered the scientist with some humanity.

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