Check out these great interviews with Madoc Roberts, co-author of Snow: The Double Life of a World War II Spy. Arthur Owens, codename SNOW, was central to the espionage game played between spy masters Tar Robertson of MI5 and Nikolaus Ritter of the German secret service. The keystone of MI5’s double-cross system, SNOW became, almost despite himself, one of Britain’s most successful spies and sources of enemy information. His work was crucial in decoding enemy ciphers, and his double game meant that, in the fraught summer of 1940, as Germany geared up for invasion, Agent SNOW lured dozens of German spies into MI5’s clutches.
First check out this interview, with AmeriCymru, in which Madoc discusses the difficulties of researching the life of such a succesful spy.
Secondly, an interview with CTV, in which Madoc discusses the astonishing revelation that Owens, was related to Hollywood actress Patricia Owens, and how this book differs from those that have previously tried to tell the story of this fascinating character:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQXwF5hTtg