Tim Spicer: A suspicion of Spies
Thu 26 Sept
|Tiverton
A Suspicion of Spies is awash with stories of adventure, bravery, glamour and exoticism. Biffy was a lifelong friend of Ian Fleming and many have considered him to be the blueprint for Bond.
Time & Location
26 Sept 2024, 16:00 – 17:00
Tiverton, Blundell's School, Ondaatje Hall, Blundell's Rd, Tiverton EX16 4DS, UK
About The Event
From Lieutenant Colonel Tim Spicer OBE, the compelling first biography of Wilfred ‘Biffy’ Dunderdale – a ruthless and effective spymaster whose career spanned the Russian Revolution to the Cold War and beyond.
A Suspicion of Spies is filled with stories of adventure, bravery, and glamour, revealing the complicated intrigues of the world of British intelligence. A lifelong friend of Ian Fleming, Biffy is considered to be the blueprint for James Bond. 1916, Russia. A 16-year-old Wilfred ‘Biffy’ Dunderdale is working for his father, taking submarines from Vladivostok to St Petersburg for the Russian Imperial Navy. He takes a submarine out for sea trials along with a naval dockyard crew he’d never met before. Spotting a group of German ships, he gives the order to attack and sinks four of them. On returning to Kronstadt, breaking free from an anti-submarine net with just 30 minutes of oxygen left, he opens the…