Unfortunately ,this book did not live up to my expectations. The build up with the description suggested a far more fast paced book. The beginning was slow, the points were repeated several times and there was far too much of unnecessary details which did noting to push the story forward- eg. how to cook a particular dish. Disappointed.

Having recently read another book about a spy (a female spy during WWII) I was looking forward to another biography about a spy, albeit from a different time. Sadly I find this book so dry and full of waffle that I couldn’t finish it. It takes a long time to get started, and the beginning is a very boring tale of a man getting his birth certificate and realising for the first time that his given surname was the opposite patent to the one expected. I had hoped the book would rise from the low beginnings, but sadly it wasn’t to be, and the book continued in a similar manner.