Operation Lucy: Most Secret Spy Ring of the Second World War

Sphere Books, London, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements and appendix. Between pages 114 and 115 there are eight pages of black-and-white biography. Illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Coming out of Switzerland during World War II there was a an espionage agent working under the nom de plume of "Lucy". He fed Stalin every order that Hitler gave his generals – as soon as the commands were issued. "Who was 'Lucy'? Which side was the suspected agent provocateur really working for? What was the connection between the Swiss spy-ring, Stalin, and the most closely-guarded secret of all: the Ultra code-breaking operation at Bletchley Park? Was there a top-level traitor in Nazi high command? Operation Lucy tells the untold story of Europe's most secret undercover war." - from the rear panel blurb. A previous owner has covered the book in a clear contact plastic, which has started to yellow. Rubbing of the book edges and fading of the back strip which also shows fading. White coloured sticker has been caught underneath the contact plastic to the lower edge of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with browning of the top edge and the 1st cm of the text block edge – please see photograph. First softcover edition. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 272, [2 – further titles from publishing house] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; Espionage; Switzerland; WW II; ISBN: 2213010196. ISBN/EAN: 9782213010199. Inventory No: 0126464. . 9782213010199