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The spy catchers jointly won the prime ministers literary award for australian history, was sole winner of the st ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award, and was longlisted for the council for the humanities, arts and social sciences australia prize for a book in 2015. A distinctive, fourstar deluxe london hotel offering approachable, professional and attentive service. Ermins intelligence book of the year archives spies. University of warwick spy expert christopher moran has been awarded the 2014 st ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award. He is the author of 2 monographs and 4 coedited collections.
Ermin s hotel has sat at the middle of british secret intelligence since the 1930s the courtyard at st. Dr moran picked up the prize for his book, classified. Secrecy and the state in modern britain which looks at government attempts to stifle public discussion of intelligence matters. The security service mi5 occupied the top two floors storing high explosives there. Birsteins title is a very absorbing, thoroughly readable, extraordinarily detailed account of an organisation that. Ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award in 2014, and company confessions. Secrecy and the state in modern britain cambridge university press, 20, which won the st. Ermins hotel 1899, london historic hotels of the world. Historian and biographer helen fry is the author of more than twenty books focusing on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of the second world war, including spymaster. In 20 his phd thesis was published by cambridge university press as classified.
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During world war two, special operations executive soe used part of the hotel for their first headquarters. Horners pageturning book, the spy catchers, took out the st ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award in london on wednesday night. St ermin s hotel, a stones throw from westminster abbey, has such history in the spy world, it is even the subject of a book house of spies. Ermins hotel, autograph collection reopened its doors in april 2011, following a dramatic. Biteback scoops st ermins hotel award the bookseller.
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Regent street and piccadilly are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the areas natural beauty can explore st. The concierge service can assist with getting to and from the hotel. St ermins hotel has been at the centre of british intelligence since the 1930s, when it was known to mi6 as the works canteen. He was given his award by intelligence expert and the chair of the judging panel, nigel west.
David horner knows his craft and has produced a hugely impressive account of asios work, supporting his text with highly informative charts, statistics and photographs, he is greatly deserving of this award, commented chairman of the judges. Ermins hotel is now immediately opposite the metropolitan. During world war two, special operations executive soe used. The secret life of kendrick which was shortlisted for the st. St ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award the caxton terrace st. This luxury hotel in london was once a secret spy base st. Secrecy and the state in modern britain won the 2014 st ermins hotel intelligence book of the year award. This book is the winner of the st ermins hotel london intelligence book of the year award 2015. The new spymasters by stephen grey lastly and by no means least is stephen greys book, published this summer. Ermin s hotel has been synonymous with british espionage since the 1930s, when the sis mi6 was situated nearby at 54 broadway. Moran is a reader in us national security in the department of politics and international studies at the university of warwick. St ermins hotel, the london base of british espionage 00 by. Westminster abbey, which was founded in 960, is near st.
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