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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155140403321

Autore

Sadler John <1953->

Titolo

Spy of the century : Alfred Redl and the betrayal of Austria-Hungary / / John Sadler and Silvie Fisch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4738-4873-3

1-4738-4871-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

327.120922

Soggetti

Spies - Austria

Austria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Prelude -- 2. The boy from Lemburg -- 3. The last waltz -- 4. The game -- 5. Evidenzbureau (INtelligence Bureau) -- 6. The 'ace of spies' -- 7. The betrayal -- 8. Dolce vita -- 9. The fall -- 10. Legacy.

Sommario/riassunto

"During the night of 24 to 25 May 1913 three high-ranking military officials wait for hours outside a hotel in the centre of Vienna. At around 2am they hear the shot of a Browning. They know that one of their own has just ended his life: Colonel Alfred Redl, the former deputy head of the Evidenzbüro, the Austro-Hungarian General Staff's directorate of military intelligence, and confidant of the heir to the throne. ... What no one had known; for almost a decade he had betrayed significant and damaging secrets to the Italians, the French and the Russians."--Book jacket.