Forsyth’s life was as compelling as his fiction: a Royal Air Force pilot, a war reporter censored by the BBC, an MI6 asset, and a bestselling novelist whose understanding of realpolitik was sharp enough to worry governments. He wrote thrillers, yes—but thrillers with classified undertones.
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