Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1965 and during her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities - counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism - and became successively Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992. She was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment. Her autobiography, Open Secret, was published by Hutchinson in 2001.
Praise for Stella Rimington's autobiography "Open Secret: "The story of MI5's transformation is fascinating. So too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world."--"Guardian
Praise for Stella Rimington's autobiography "Open Secret: "The story of MI5's transformation is fascinating. So too is Rimington's account of her rise in what was very definitely a man's world."--"Guardian
In this debut, secret agent Liz Carlyle (touted as a female James Bond) tracks an "invisible"Aa terrorist who, as a native, can move around the country with impunity. The first woman appointed director-general of M15, the UK's domestic military intelligence division, Rimington clearly knows her stuff. With a four-city author tour. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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