Crown, Cloak, and Dagger

"The riveting Crown, Cloak, and Dagger details the complicated relationship between the royals and the intelligence services. It contributes to the growing field of intelligence history and to our understanding of the ways in which the acquisition of information allowed British monarchs to provide informed advice, or challenges, to prime ministers." — Mary Kathryn Barbier, professor of history, Mississippi State University, vice president, North American Society for Intelligence History,

"Two historians at the top of their game bring clarity to two of the most misunderstood components of British life. In so doing, Aldrich and Cormac cast the rise and fall of the British Empire in a new light, as well as the history of the twentieth century. Gripping stuff!" — Andrew L. M. Hammond, historian and curator, International Spy Museum and SpyCast

"Aldrich and Cormac's relentlessly entertaining survey offers plenty of intriguing details about how the Crown and the secret services have interacted under different monarchs. Sometimes sobering and sometimes shocking, this deeply researched history is a page-turner for royal watchers, national security practitioners, and fans of espionage fiction alike. Truly splendid." — David Priess, former CIA officer, author of The President's Book of Secrets

"This is the book that all scholars of intelligence and royal watchers have been waiting for. A must read. Richard Aldrich and Rory Cormac have done an incredible job of opening the veil on this most secretive area of the British state." — Calder Walton, assistant director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, author of Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West,