The Indian Spy: The True Story of the Most Remarkable Secret Agent of World War II

455 Pages·2017·15.59 MB·English

by  Mihir Bose

THE
INDIAN
SPY
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THE
INDIAN
SPY
The True Story of the Most Remarkable
Secret Agent of World War II
MIHIR BOSE

ALEPH BOOK COMPANY
An independent publishing firm promoted by Rupa Publications India
First published in 2016 in the UK as Silver: The Spy
Who Fooled the Nazis by Fonthill.
Published in India in 2017
by Aleph Book Company
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To Caroline and Indira, for everything.

The various routes through hostile tribal areas Silver, and some of his
colleagues, took during the war when they journeyed between India and Kabul.
This rough map with very poor legibility is taken from Silver’s (Bhagat Ram
Talwar’s) own book from 1976, The Talwars of Pathan Land and Subhas
Chandra’s Great Escape.