THE BLAKE ESCAPE. How We Freed George Blake - and Why

8vo. pp. IV + 298 with black + white Photographs Bibliography and index. Hardcover. Original Pictorial dust wrapper. Very Good. Saturday 22nd of October 1966 seven PM roll call at Wormwood Scrubs George Blake the British double agent serving a 42 year sentence for espionage is discovered to be missing. His escape made headlines all over the world and led to an investigation that has defied the experts for over 22 years in THE BLAKE ESCAPE Michael Randle and Pat Pottle two founder members of the committee of 100 anti nuclear organisation break their 22 year old silence to reveal how they freed George Blake and why. How did they mastermind the escape and breakthrough the Scrubs' security? Who funded them and why did they do it? In this startling account they reveal the facts both of the escape itself the technical details the two way radio and the tape in the aftermath their plans to get Blake out of the country, the nightmare of the London safe house, and the dramatic journey to East Germany. Finally, the tale of the difficult years of silence and suspicion, with the press eventually closing in. In the Blake escape for the first time the whole story will be revealed.…