THE SPY WHO WAS NEVER CAUGHT

by Ronald Seth ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The spy was Julius Silber, a German, who worked from 1914 to 1919 in the British postal censorship department and performed valuably for his Fatherland. He might never have been discovered had he not written a book describing his activities following his postwar return to Germany. Seth was a natural if untrained spy. As a German emigre to the United States, his patriotism was stirred by the world events of 1914. Traveling to Canada, he assumed a disguise as a French Canadian and sailed to England where he secured the secret job of mail censor. Through the years he managed to pass on information to Germany about the British secret development of tanks, Q boats (they fought the U boats), classified documents, etc. When he finally unmasked himself, his former British associates remembered, him with affection....Ronald Seth, former spy and a responsible biographer, tells his story in a quiet key and does give a genuine picture of the real business of spying even though this particular account has none of the dramatic values of Unmasked (1965).

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Publisher: Hawthorn

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION