Peter Churchill: The Forgotten Novels of a British Secret Agent

Peter Churchill's wartime service reveals the peril and persistence shaping a legendary secret agent's literary legacy.

After researching the life of a British Special Operation Executive agent, Oliver Churchill, who operated in German occupied Northern Italy in the autumn/ winter of 1944, Andrea Cominini found that his brother, Peter, had also been an SOE agent and was one of the first agents operating in France during WWII. Peter carried out three missions, spending 225 days in enemy terri...