This is the autobiography of a man who was once the world’s most notorious hacker. It stands alongside that other classic account of the early days of hacking: ‘The Cuckoo’s Egg’ by Clifford Stoll. Stoll’s book was about the hunt in 1986 for Markus Hess, a German hacker who attacked …
In this book, popular science writer Simon Singh lays out the history of cryptography. This is a considerable challenge, but Singh tackles the subject with great knowledge and ability. In eight chapters (c.350 pages) he manages to tell the story fluently and efficiently. Singh takes enough time to examine the …
It is difficult to be critical of Ms Bingham. This may well be the last book she ever writes and she seems like a perfectly charming old lady with impeccable manners. She is an absolutely first class writer – as she should be with more than thirty internationally successful novels …
Alan Williams was an accomplished foreign correspondent during the Cold War. He turned his hand to writing thrillers and used his overseas experience, including some close calls behind the Iron Curtain, to considerable advantage. It is unsurprising that his mind should have turned to the case of Kim Philby for …
JLC needs no introduction. He is a former British SIS officer, real name David Cornwell. Although he served in the 1960s he is still very much in touch with the espionage world. He is regularly invited to give lectures to young SIS officers at the start of their careers. He …