The Defence of the Realm revealed by Peter Wright decades before in Spycatcher), as well as noting how many of Wilson's MP's were spying for the Soviet bloc. The book's title was derived from MI5's Latin motto, "Regnum Defende". Historian Keith Jeffery was commissioned to write a similar authorised history on the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) for release in 2010. The book received generally positive reviews from major newspapers. "The Daily Telegraph" called it "magisterial, authoritative, balanced, readable ... full of wry humour and with an eye for the absurd", declaring that "MI5 could not have wanted a better historian than him. This book is
Peter S. Prescott Peter S. Prescott Peter S. Prescott was an American author and book critic. He was the senior book reviewer at "Newsweek" for more than two decades. In January, 1970, Prescott published "A World of Our Own: Notes on Life and Learning in a Boys' Preparatory School," which described his alma mater, The Choate School, (now Choate Rosemary Hall). In the April 10, 1978 issue of "Newsweek", he accused John Gardner of plagiarism, citing a previously published article by Sumner J. Ferris. In 1981 he publish "The Child Savers," which won the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights