Henry Hemming is the author of five works of non-fiction including most recently Agent M, and The Ingenious Mr Pyke, which landed on the New York Times monthly espionage bestseller list. He has written for The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times, The Economist, FT Magazine and The Washington Post, and has given interviews on Radio 4's Today Programme and NBC's Today Show and spoken at schools, festivals and companies including RDF Media, The RSA, Science Museum, Frontline Club and The School of Life. Henry lives in London with his wife, daughter and son.
"Agents of Influence is fun, delightful reading. Hemming provides a
lucid narrative that draws on recently declassified documents and
reads like an historical fiction. Hemming has a few books already
under his belt, including Agent M: The Lives and Spies of MI5's
Maxwell Knight, which documents his knack for bringing to life
seemingly forgotten British spy history."--Cipher Brief
"[A] page-turning spy thriller...Fluid, sharp writing, deep
research, and a spy network with unparalleled ingenuity provide a
snappy read and lots of shockers."--Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
"A lucid, fast-paced account of England's secret scheme to draw
America into WWII...This entertaining espionage history illuminates
an important chapter in the history of foreign influence on
American public opinion."--Publishers Weekly
"A revelatory and wholly fascinating work of history. Superbly
researched and written with gripping fluency, this lost secret of
World War II espionage finally has its expert chronicler."--William
Boyd
"Gripping and intoxicating, it unfolds like the best
screenplay."--Nicholas Shakespeare, author of The Dancer
Upstairs
"Hemming is very much in control of his material. Bite-size
chapters paint fascinating miniatures, often with a cliff-hanger to
keep the pages turning... What more fertile ground could there be
for a book than such an important premise, with modern resonance,
explored through a tale of difficult odds, brilliant ruses,
espionage and good old-fashioned detective work. In Hemming's sure
hands, America's uncertain progress towards direct engagement in
the second world war becomes riveting history."--The Spectator
(UK)
"This is a fast-paced yarn... reads like the film script of a 1940s
thriller."--The Times (UK)
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