Tales of derring-do and scary weather

摘要

I must admit I find tales of wartime SOE, MI6 and general derring-do very compelling. Subtitled "Soldier- Patriot and Ultra Wireless Operator to Winston Churchill", this biography presses all my 'buttons'. It is very readable, well illustrated and comprehensive. It filled in a lot of little gaps and rang many bells with other WWII-era books I have read.rnEdgar Harrison was a resourceful, indefatigable radio operator whose career in the Royal Corps of Signals began in around 1933. He travelled widely in the Far East. By World War II he was working for MI6 section VIII (communications), putting to good use his skills as a radioman, signaller, code and cipher user and even horseman.