My mother, the spy the daring and tragic double life of ASIO agent Mercia Masson Cindy Dobbin & Freda Marnie Nicholls
- Bib ID:
- 10001268
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- Book
- Author:
- Dobbin, Cindy, author
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- National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia
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- National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales
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- Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin 2023
- Allen & Unwin 2023
- ©2023
- 1 online resource illustrations, portraits.
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- text file
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- 6.7MB
- ISBN:
- 9781761187230
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- Mode of Access: Available online.
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Mercia Masson dressed stylishly and loved to host a party. She was a journalist in an era when there were few female journalists, she always wanted to be in the thick of things, and she knew people in very high places. She also led a dangerous double life. This is the remarkable story of an ASIO agent who was hung out to dry. She was exposed at a royal commission called to investigate the extent of Soviet espionage in Australia, following the defection of Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov. Written in association with Mercia's daughter Cindy, this story brings to life a determined woman at the centre of dramatic events in Australian politics during the Cold War. -- Back cover.
Mercia Masson dressed stylishly and loved to host a party. She was a journalist in an era when there were few female journalists, she always wanted to be in the thick of things, and she knew people in very high places. She also led a dangerous double life. This is the remarkable story of an ASIO agent who was hung out to dry. She was exposed at a royal commission called to investigate the extent of Soviet espionage in Australia, following the defection of Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov. Written in association with Mercia's daughter Cindy, this story brings to life a determined woman at the centre of dramatic events in Australian politics during the Cold War. -- Publisher.
Mercia Masson dressed stylishly and loved to host a party. She was a journalist in an era when there were few female journalists, she always wanted to be in the thick of things, and she knew people in very high places. She also led a dangerous double life. This is the remarkable story of an ASIO agent who was hung out to dry. She was exposed at a royal commission that was partly intended to undermine public confidence in the ALP and its leader, Doc Evatt. Written in association with her daughter Cindy, this story brings to life a determined woman at the centre of dramatic events in Australian politics during the Cold War.
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- Title from title screen.
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- Subject:
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- Masson, Mercia
- Dobbin, Cindy -- Family
- Masson, Mercia -- Biography
- Masson, Merica
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation -- History
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation -- History -- 20th century
- Australian Security Intelligence Organisation -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization -- History
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization -- History -- 20th century
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization -- Officials and employees -- Biography
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization
- Biographies
- Cold War
- Espionage -- Australia -- History
- Intelligence officers -- Australia -- Biography
- Intelligence service -- Australia -- History
- Intelligence service -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Journalists -- Australia -- Biography
- Masson, Merica -- Biography
- Mothers and daughters -- Australia
- Spies -- Australia -- Biography
- Journalists and journalism
- Petrov affair
- Politics and Government - Australia
- Espionage
- Intelligence officers
- Intelligence service
- Journalists
- Spies
- Australia
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