John Hughes-Wilson

Author, broadcaster and military intelligence expert

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    • Fiction
      • Author’s note
      • The Vengeance Man
      • Second Shot
      • The Unit
      • The Hit List
      • Prime Target
      • End Game
      • In the Name of the Queen
      • The Whitehall Steps
      • 1914 First Blood
      • 1915 Pride & Glory
      • 1916 The Big Push
      • 1917 Hanging On
      • 1918 Defeat into Victory
    • Non-fiction
      • Military Intelligence: Blunders and Cover-ups
      • Blindfold and Alone
      • A Brief History of the Cold War
      • The Puppet Masters
      • JFK: An American Coup d’Etat
      • A History of the First World War in 100 Objects
      • On Intelligence
      • The Secret State
      • The Kaiser’s Dawn
      • Hamel 4th July 1918: The Australian & American Triumph
      • A Compendium to Military History
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John Hughes-Wilson draws on his professional experience of military intelligence to write thrillers, often involving the world of secret service, and investigative documentaries on military history:

  • Fiction
  • Non-fiction
  • A Compendium to Military History

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Under the Rose

The Latin phrase sub rosa means 'under the rose' and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality. The rose as a symbol of secrecy has an ancient history. In the council chambers of Henry VIII’s palaces a stylised Tudor rose covered the ceiling of the private chamber where confidential decisions of state were made. The rose is now used by many nations as the badge of intelligence and security.

A Compendium of Military History

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