Aurum buys spy's story

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 08:25 Sam Harrison at Aurum has bought a biography of Cold War spy George Blake by journalist Roger Hermiston. Harrison acquired UK and Commonwealth rights for a "significant" five figure sum from Andrew Gordon at David Higham Associates. The book will be the first biography of Blake for 20 years and draws on "extensive" original interviews, telling the spy's tale from fighting the Nazis in the Dutch Resistance, to the Korean war, a trial at the Old Bailey and a jailbreak from Wormwood Scrubs. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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