Secret Well Kept: The Untold Story Of Sir Vernon Kell, Founder Of Mi5

The United Kingdom`s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency, most commonly known as MI5, was founded in 1909 by Sir Vernon Kell KBE. Kell (`K` within the agency) not only founded MI5, but was also its Director for 31 years, the longest tenure of any head of a British government department during the twentieth century. A Secret Well Kept was written by Kell`s wife, Constance, in the 1950s, revealing their life in China during the Boxer Rebellion, the formation of MI5 in 1909, the key characters, events, and spy cases of Kells career, and his important work achieved for the country during two world wars.