Blink, part of Bonnier Books, has scooped former Foreign Office diplomat Tim Willasey-Wilsey’s first book – The Spy and the Devil.
This is the first published account of the undercover agent who fought for Britain in the Great War, and became MI6’s most important resource in the highest Nazi circles.
Why did Baron Wilhelm von der Ropp, one of MI6’s least-known agents, choose to work for Britain? A man without a true homeland, he was distrusted by Germans, Russians, Poles, and Lithuanians alike. Fluent in four languages, he became the perfect spy—first against Soviet Russia, then Nazi Germany.
This unsung hero had direct access to Adolf Hitler and an inside track on the Nazi regime. His reports, shrouded in secrecy, had the power to shape British policy toward Germany in a pivotal period of history.
Drawing on his years of service in the Foreign Office, Tim Willasey-Wilsey CMG, offers an insider’s view of this enigmatic British spy.
Tim is Visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United-Services Institute (RUSI). He served for twenty-seven years as a Foreign Office diplomat in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe. He has published numerous articles and reviews for both the national press and academic institutions and think tanks.
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