Dr Helen Fry

Dr Helen Fry wrote on Trent Park in Wartime 101. She has written and edited more than 25 books on the social history of the Second World War, intelligence and espionage. Her latest is Women in Intelligence: the hidden history of two world wars. Among others are The Walls Have Ears; Spymaster; and MI9.

General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim and other senior officers arrive at Trent Park

The Walls Have Ears

Eavesdropping on German prisoners in England provided crucial intelligence.

By Dr Helen Fry

Second World War 1939 - 1945

Bletchley Park where women carried out vital work as codebreakers and cryptanalysts

Women and Deception

The role of women in espionage is a missing dimension in the history of D-Day.

By Dr Helen Fry

Second World War 1939 - 1945