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Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury (born Stockport, 24 October 1917 – died Tunbridge Wells, 4 December 2005) was a British author of espionage fiction. He served as an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive between 1940 and 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is believed to be the only British secret agent who parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war, and he remained there until the Allied armies arrived. During the Cold War he was captured and tortured when running agents across the border between East and West Germany. After running his own advertising agency, he became the managing director of the seafort-based pirate radio station Radio 390 in 1964, later moving to the ship-based Radio 355 (see under Swinging Radio England for details) until its closure in August 1967.

His first novel, A Choice of Enemies, was published in 1972. Allbeury went on to publish over 40 novels, under his own name as well as Patrick Kelly and Richard Butler.

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Det kunne ske når som helst under Den Kolde Krig … Mens politikerne kævles, udvikler de kaotiske forhold i England sig hurtigt til det rene anarki. Premierministeren tager imod et sovjetisk tilbud om "hjælp til at genoprette lov og orden". Med udsigt til et nationalt sammenbrud har han intet valg.

Millioner af englændere samarbejder med besættelsesmagten. Men mænd som Harry Andrews og Jamie Boyle går under jorden. De kender kun ét svar på det vitale spørgsmål: Er friheden værd at kæmpe for? Ted Allbeury (1917-2005) var en britisk forfatter, der stod bag en lang række populære spændingsromaner, der har toppet bestsellerlisterne over hele verden. Ikke mindst er hans spionthrillere i særklasse. Den iskolde realisme i disse romaner skyldes Ted Allbeurys særegne baggrund: Under Anden Verdenskrig var han selv tilknyttet den britiske efterretningstjeneste, MI6, med rang af oberst.
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Udgivelsesdato22 maj 2018
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ISBN epub9788711974162