The Eagle in the Mirror: In Search of Australian War Hero, Master Spy and Alleged Traitor Charles Howard...

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Jesse Fink

The Eagle in the Mirror

In Search of Australian War Hero, Master Spy and Alleged Traitor Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis...

Jesse Fink

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Viking
22 August 2023

Biography: historical, political & military; History; Military history; Espionage & secret services

Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of an Australian-born intelligence officer accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century- Charles Howard 'Dick' Ellis.

The longest serving spy for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Ellis helped set up the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), now known as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), as well as the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS). At one point in the 1940s he was considered one of the top three secret agents in MI6 and controlled its activities, as one journalist put it, 'for half the world'.

But in the 1980s journalist Chapman Pincher and retired MI5 intelligence officer Peter 'Spycatcher' Wright posthumously accused Ellis of having operated as a 'triple agent' for Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. In 1965, while under interrogation in London, Ellis had allegedly made a partial confession that he had worked for the Nazis. The scope of Ellis's purported betrayal was considered even worse than notorious British traitor and double agent Kim Philby.

However, Pincher's and Wright's accusations against Ellis have never been comprehensively proven. Was Ellis guilty or was an innocent man framed? By confessing did he take the fall for someone else? Or had the intelligence agencies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia been fatally compromised by a 'super mole'?

Internationally bestselling author Jesse Fink attempts to find out the truth once and for all. The Eagle in the Mirror is not just a long-overdue biography of the unheralded Dick Ellis; it's a gripping real-life international whodunit.

By: Jesse Fink
Imprint: Viking
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9780143777557
ISBN 10: 0143777556
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 22 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jesse Fink was born in London in 1973. He is the author of six books including The Eagle in the Mirror, Pure Narco, Bon- The Last Highway and The Youngs- The Brothers Who Built AC/DC. Visit his official website at jessefinkbooks.com