Hilda Campbell was born in the north of Scotland in 1889. She married a German national, Dr. Willy Buntner Richter in 1912. They honeymooned in Scotland and lived in Hamburg. Dr. Richter died in 1938. Later that year she decided to visit her ailing parents in Scotland. 1938. After visiting her ailing parents, she returned to Germany just before the Second World War began. She became a double agent, controlled by Gerhard Eicke in Germany and Lawrence Thornton in Britain. How could she cope under the strain, with her son Otto in the German Army?

Hilda went on to give evidence against her German handler at the Nuremburg trials. Soon after, she married a British Ambassador in Helsinki and joined her husband abroad. Hilda died in 1956.

This is an extraordinary story based on the life of the author's great aunt, Hilda, including several authentic accounts.

About the Author
Miller Caldwell has led a full life where it seems one event has led to another. He confronted Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and brought an African dictator to his knees in tears in Ghana. Miller served the Society of Authors on their committee and was their events manager. He has previously published, amongst others, The Trials of Sally Dunning (Matador), and Penned Poetry for Parkinson's Research (City Stone Publishers), which he was diagnosed with in 2021. Two books, A Lingering Crime and Caught in a Cold War Trap both have Los Angeles film scripts. Miller lives in Dumfries in southwest Scotland.


Book Information
ISBN 9781805143376
Author Miller Caldwell
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Troubador Publishing
Publisher Troubador Publishing