SpyMasters
Antonia Senior
Writer and journalist Antonia Senior interviews all the best writers on espionage. Each episode will bring you fascinating stories on spies, covert action and more - delving in to ...
Episode list
6
September 12, 2024
54 min
Midnight in Vienna, with Jane Thynne
Antonia Senior talks to acclaimed novelist Jane Thynne about her new book Midnight in Vienna. Set in London and Vienna in 1938 it follows a young unemployed English tutor called St...
moreAugust 29, 2024
50 min
Spycraft. Tricks and tools of the dangerous trade from Elizabeth 1 to the Restoration. With Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman
Antonia Senior interviews Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman about their fascinating new book Spycraft. What did it mean to be a spy in Early Modern England? What tips and tricks of ...
moreAugust 15, 2024
35 min
Honour Among Spies, with Merle Nygate
Spymasters meets Merle Nygate, the author of Honour Among Spies. The second in Merle's books about Eli Amiram, Mossad's top spy runner, it was a Times thriller of the month. Eli is...
moreAugust 1, 2024
59 min
The CIA. An Imperial History. With Hugh Wilford
Hugh Wilford joins SpyMasters to talk about his brilliant new book: The CIA, An Imperial History. Hugh is Professor of United States History at California State University, and a l...
moreJuly 18, 2024
48 min
Read spies; Watch spies. With Oliver Webb-Carter, Editor, Aspects of History.
Oliver Webb-Carter, the editor of Aspects of History, picks his top 5 books and his top 3 films about espionage. Some left-field options here from Oliver! Let us know what you thin...
moreJuly 4, 2024
1 hr 4 min
Intelligence and the Holocaust, with Roger Moorhouse
In this episode, we talk to Roger Moorhouse, the acclaimed historian of Central and Eastern Europe. Roger's new book, The Forgers, is the fascinating story of how a group of Polish...
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