Spies and Stars
MI5, Showbusiness and Me

Q: ‘Ghastly, too ghastly.’ (c) Yep. Very ghastly. DNF. Q: I knew you must never betray your sources, so I went on shrugging my shoulders and looking dumb, which was not difficult for me. (c) Q: My father seemed completely unaware of this self-imposed embargo among nice people. (c) Eh? Q: At MI5 the next d......more

This is actually a sequel, though I managed quite well without reading the first book. It's the second volume of a memoir set in 1950s London about the continuing escapades of Charlotte an M15 typist and daughter of a prominent spy and her boyfriend Harry, a struggling actor and uneasy new spy as th......more

Pretty boring really, not interesting or funny :( u wanted to like it, but oh well.......more

Not as amusing or interesting as her earlier fictionalized memoirs.......more

Very funny nostalgia I recall reading Charlotte ‘s first book as a child. She has a rare gift for humour and I commend this book to all who want to be cheered up.......more