Ben Macintyre, Author at History Hub Chalke History Festival

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Entries by Ben Macintyre

SAS: ROGUE HEROES

9th May 2017/in History Hub, Writing/by Ben Macintyre

Everyone has image of the SAS: feats of physical endurance involving over-muscled men yomping across the landscape, soldiers in balaclavas abseiling down the side of the Iranian embassy, news stories of secret soldiers carrying out operations in farflung warzones, long on drama, but usually short on detail. The true story of the wartime SAS, I […]

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby And The Great Betrayal

20th April 2015/in History Hub, Talks & Audio/by Ben Macintyre

Audio from Ben Macintyre’s talk at Chalke Valley History Festival on Sunday, 29th June 2014. With access to newly released MI5 files, Ben Macintyre unlocks perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War. A story of intimate duplicity, loyalty, trust and treachery about the most notorious British defector and mole in history, Kim Philby […]

Double Cross: The True Story Of The D-Day Spies

2nd June 2014/in History Hub, Talks & Audio/by Ben Macintyre

Recording from Ben Macintyre’s talk, ‘Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies’ for CVHF, Sunday, 30th June 2013. D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one of deceit. At the heart of […]