Join us to hear about one of the great untold stories of heroism during the Second World War by ordinary civilians, who risked their lives to thwart a Nazi invasion of Britain – a story of assassins and secret listeners.
Men and women, drawn from all walks of civilian life, listened to the coded messages of German intelligence and passed them on to Bletchley Park. At the same time, men with firearms experience were recruited into secret patrols trained in sabotage and silent killing with knife or garotte. In June 1940, with a full-scale German invasion expected any minute, these auxiliary units were poised to undertake suicidal missions attacking enemy supply lines and assassinating anyone who helped the Nazis. Sworn to secrecy, their heroic work has long been overlooked, yet it played a crucial part in the Allied victory in 1945. Alistair Moffat’ s book finally pays them their due.
"There are few contemporary writers who can throw a light on historical events with such skill and shear readability as Alistair Moffat. This tale of an important Second World War story is as astonishing as it is gripping" Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling novelist
Alistair Moffat was born and bred in the Scottish Borders. A former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Director of Programmes at Scottish Television and founder of the Borders Book Festival, he is also the author of a number of highly acclaimed books. From 2011 he was Rector of the University of St Andrews. He has written more than thirty books on Scottish history, and lives in the Scottish Borders.
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