Josef Jakobs - Last Person Executed in the Tower of London
15 August 1941

Josef Jakobs - April 1940 - Copyright G.K. Jakobs

The Spy in the Tower - published by The History Press in May 2019.

The Spy in the Tower - 2019 - The History Press

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What Readers are Saying about The Spy in the Tower

Extraordinary story... absorbing book... extremely well-researched! - reader on Amazon.co.uk

The book raises important questions about the fairness of the Treachery Act and how spies were handled during WW2. The author's description of his final days spent in prison and his execution by firing squad are incredibly moving, as is his final letter to his wife, a letter she would never see. Anyone interested in wartime espionage should read this book as it is an important contribution to the genre. - David Tremain, via GoodReads

I loved it... well written and readable throughout... incredibly well-researched... It is a book which establishes Giselle K. Jakobs as a trustworthy, thorough and thoughtful historical writer. Fellow researchers will notice that and pay their respects. Chapeau! - Traugott Vitz, via GoodReads

Dr. Jakobs has written a very important contribution to an under- and mis-represented aspect of espionage history - the treatment of Hitler's 'Lena' spies. These were agents sent by the Abwehr, in the winter of 1940-1941, to prepare the ground for the planned invasion. Jakobs's account is especially poignant because her grandfather was one of those executed. She complements her very thorough inspection of the archives, therefore, with a very moving story of Joseph Jakobs's prosecution and execution, which now seem highly controversial under a stricter examination of the quickly-enacted Treachery Act. 'The Spy in the Tower' may be a little too narrowly focused for the general reader, but it is a compelling tale, nonetheless. - Tony Percy via Amazon.com