THE SECRET STORY OF MI5 AND MI6 AND THE ROAD TO PEACE IN IRELAND
Bloomsbury, 400pp, £22
‘The veteran reporter Peter Taylor spent nearly four decades tracking down [MI5 agent] Robert to. Taylor ‘finally broadcast an extraordinary interview with Robert… which laid bare the clandestine encounter and its far-reaching implications… It may generally be economic, political, and social forces that shape our history. But sometimes it takes the actions of an individual to channel the forces of their age to produce change.’
