The Spy Who Painted the Queen

The Secret Case Against Philip de Laszlo

Phil Tomaselli (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2015
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-6053-3 (ISBN)

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Was Philip de László a secret agent and was MI5’s source really as they claimed? Did an enemy spy really paint the portrait of the young Princess Elizabeth? In 1917, noted society portrait painter Philip de László, who painted such luminaries as the Pope, the Austrian emperor, King Edward VII and Prince Louis Battenberg, was subjected to a secret tribunal which interned him for trading with the enemy. At the outbreak of the First World War, de László had pulled strings to be naturalised as British, but in 1919 he was referred to a public committee to revoke his naturalisation. With the aid of skilled counsel, de László had the application overturned – however, newly discovered records show MI5 had evidence obtained from a top-secret source that alleged that he was supplying the enemy with important information on politics and industrial production. Crucially, the source’s anonymity prevented MI5 from presenting evidence to the tribunal, which has particular resonance in the contemporary War on Terror. In the only book to examine MI5’s secret evidence, Phil Tomaselli explores these allegations and reaches a shocking conclusion.

Phil Tomasellihas had an interest in military matters, World War I, and the intelligence services for25 years and has written books and articles on both subjects as well as on military and genealogical matters, including" The Battle of the Lys 1918" and "Secret Guardians.""

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.7.2015
Zusatzinfo	8 Plates, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7509-6053-1 / 0750960531
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-6053-3 / 9780750960533
Zustand	Neuware