Holiday accommodation UK libraries don’t usually hold books like this. ‘Dead Doubles‘ is a book written by historian and author Trevor Barnes. It’s the true story of MI5’s hunt for the Portland Spy Ring and is now in the Sea View Cottage library. A story straight from the world of John le Carre no less. Trevor Barnes uses formerly secret MI5 and FBI files and family archives to tell the story. The ring’s tentacles stretched from America, to the USSR, Canada, Europe, and Portland! ‘Dead Doubles’ is a gripping episode of Cold War history. A case that fully justified the West’s paranoia about spies and traitors. And a far cry from the usual holiday accommodation UK library fare!
