Martin Allen was born in Caerphilly, South Wales, and spent his childhood in Cornwall before attending King’s College, Cardiff in the 1970s. He is the author of Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies (Macmillan 2000).

'A fascinating explanation of a secret which the [British] government hoped Hess had taken with him to the grave' Graham Ball, Sunday Express 'Martin Allen has turned up hitherto hidden documents which make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the British deception operation preceding Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941. The outlines of the intrigue have been evident for some time; Allen's sleuthing brings the personalities and the methods into sharp and sensational focus. This must surely be the final blow to those historians who have doggedly stuck to the authorised version of a crazy exploit by a madman' Peter Padfield, author of Hess: The Fuhrer's Disciple.

Martin Allen was born in Caerphilly, South Wales, and spent his childhood in Cornwall before attending King’s College, Cardiff in the 1970s. He is the author of Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies (Macmillan 2000).

'A fascinating explanation of a secret which the [British] government hoped Hess had taken with him to the grave' Graham Ball, Sunday Express 'Martin Allen has turned up hitherto hidden documents which make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the British deception operation preceding Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941. The outlines of the intrigue have been evident for some time; Allen's sleuthing brings the personalities and the methods into sharp and sensational focus. This must surely be the final blow to those historians who have doggedly stuck to the authorised version of a crazy exploit by a madman' Peter Padfield, author of Hess: The Fuhrer's Disciple.

Martin Allen was born in Caerphilly, South Wales, and spent his childhood in Cornwall before attending King’s College, Cardiff in the 1970s. He is the author of Hidden Agenda: How the Duke of Windsor Betrayed the Allies (Macmillan 2000).

'A fascinating explanation of a secret which the [British] government hoped Hess had taken with him to the grave' Graham Ball, Sunday Express 'Martin Allen has turned up hitherto hidden documents which make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the British deception operation preceding Rudolf Hess's flight to Scotland in May 1941. The outlines of the intrigue have been evident for some time; Allen's sleuthing brings the personalities and the methods into sharp and sensational focus. This must surely be the final blow to those historians who have doggedly stuck to the authorised version of a crazy exploit by a madman' Peter Padfield, author of Hess: The Fuhrer's Disciple.