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Ted Allbeury
AuthorBooks · Second hand1917-2005
Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury was a British author of espionage fiction. He was an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive between 1940 and 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is believed to be the only British secret agent to have parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war, remaining there until the Allied armies arrived. During the Cold War he was captured and tortured when running agents across the border between East and West Germany. After running his own advertising agency, he became managing director of the seafort-based pirate radio station Radio 390 in 1964, later moving to the ship-based Radio 355 until its closure in August 1967.
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About Ted Allbeury
Birth
1917
Death
2005
Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury was a British author of espionage fiction. He was an intelligence officer in the Special Operations Executive between 1940 and 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. He is believed to be the only British secret agent to have parachuted into Nazi Germany during the war, remaining there until the Allied armies arrived. During the Cold War he was captured and tortured when running agents across the border between East and West Germany. After running his own advertising agency, he became managing director of the seafort-based pirate radio station Radio 390 in 1964, later moving to the ship-based Radio 355 until its closure in August 1967.
Ted Allbeury was a prolific British author who combined his writing career with his real-life experience as a spy.
Throughout his career, he published a total of 78 works focusing primarily on the espionage and thriller genres.
Born in Stockport in 1917, his knowledge of the intelligence world gave his novels unparalleled realism.
He used the pseudonym Patrick Kelly to sign some of his literary creations.
His work The Judas Factor stands out as one of the most iconic titles within his extensive bibliography.
