Operation Chiffon, Peter Taylor

Operation Chiffon, Peter TaylorNew Paperback April 1998: the Good Friday Agreement is signed, ending decades of violence and bloodshed in Northern Ireland. The process of getting the IRA to end its so called armed struggle was always the prerequisite of the search for peace. It was Operation Chiffon that finally helped make it possible. Operation Chiffon takes us inside the top secret intelligence operation whose roots go back to the bloodiest years of the conflict in the early

and obsession

following four new customers in a cafe where customers can travel back in time

it seemed that the old divisions between East and West had been consigned to history

Visiting a kingdom ruled by a weak-willed duke

folk religion

with tips on spotting flora and fauna

Nelson first gave the name of 'band of brothers' to the officers who had commanded ships of his fleet at the battle of the Nile (1798)

Targoff flings them open to uncover the treasures left by these extraordinary women

And it might just bring you as much joy as it's brought me

whether it be cycling

Temperate rainforest may once have covered up to one-fifth of Britain

So how did their mythology evolve into one focused on the seduction of men