{"product_id":"9780099594130","title":"Churchill's Iceman : The True Story of Geoffrey Pyke: Genius, Fugitive, Spy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Hemming, Henry, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/02\/2015,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 560 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Arrow Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Cornerstone,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: science technology \u0026amp; medicine, Espionage \u0026amp; secret services\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099594130\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eFrom the author of the Sunday Times bestseller, M: Maxwell Knight, MI5's Greatest Spymaster.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003eIn the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds. An inventor, adventurer and polymath, he was an unlikely hero of both world wars. He earned a fortune on the stock market, founded an influential pre-school, and is seen as the father of the U.S.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Forces. In 1942, he convinced Winston Churchill to build an aircraft carrier out of reinforced ice. He escaped from a German WWI prison camp, wrote a bestseller, and aided Republicans in the Spanish Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe even launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. And he may have been a Russian spy. 70 years after his death, Henry Hemming reveals Pyke's astonishing story in full: his brilliance, his flaws, and his life of adventures, ideas, and secrets.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021343457433,"sku":"9780099594130","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780099594130.jpg?v=1594315832","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780099594130","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}