Illegal action

Main Author: Rimington, Stella.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2009.
Edition: 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed.
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Physical Description: 320 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9780307389060 (pbk.)
0307389065 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Stella Rimington joined MI5 in 1965 and during her thirty-year career she worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities -counter-subversion, counter-espionage, and counter-terrorism-and successively became Director of all three branches. Appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992, she was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment. Following her retirement from MI5 in 1996, she became a Non-Executive Director of Marks and Spencer and published her autobiography, Open Secret, in the UK. She is the author of Secret Asset and At Risk .