Gordon Thomas Books in Order

Gordon Thomas is a Welsh author with a storied career, having written over fifty books. Born in Wales, Thomas spent his youth traveling extensively due to his father's RAF postings, attending Cairo High School, the Maritz Brothers in Port Elizabeth, and Bedford Modern School. At seventeen, he penned his first book, Descent Into Danger, a gripping tale of a British spy in Russia during World War II. Thomas later eschewed academia to join a traveling fair, drawing inspiration for his novel Bed of Nails. As a foreign correspondent, he covered pivotal events like the Suez Crisis and the first Gulf War. He also worked as a BBC writer/producer for flagship programs Man Alive, Tomorrow's World, and Horizon. Thomas contributes to Facta, a respected Japanese news magazine, and lectures on intelligence globally. His book Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors was adapted into a documentary, The Spy Machine, for Channel Four, following three years of unprecedented access to Mossad's inner workings.

Bibliography verified: January 2026

Book Series by Gordon Thomas

  • #1
    The Day the World Ended: The Mount Pelée Disaster: May 7, 1902 (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1969)
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  • #2
    The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1971)
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  • #3
    Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1972)
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  • #4
    Voyage of the Damned (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1974)
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  • #5
    Issels: The Biography of a Doctor(1975)
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  • #6
    The Day Guernica Died (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1975)
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  • #7
    Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1977)
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  • #8
    The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1979)
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  • #9
    Bed of Nails: The Story of the Amazing Blondini(1981)
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  • #10
    Anatomy of an Epidemic (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1981)
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  • #11
    Pontiff (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1983)
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  • #12
    The Operation(1984)
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  • #13
    The Year of Armageddon: The Pope and the Bomb (With: Max Morgan-Witts)(1984)
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  • #14
    Desire and Denial: Celibacy and the Church(1986)
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  • #15
    The Jesus Conspiracy: An Investigative Reporter's Look at an Extraordinary Life & Death(1987)
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  • #16
    The Trial(1987)
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  • #17
    Journey into Madness: The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control & Medical Abuse(1987)
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  • #18
    Enslaved(1989)
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  • #19
    Chaos Under Heaven: The Shocking Story of China's Search for Democracy(1991)
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  • #20
    Trespass into Temptation(1997)
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  • #21
    Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad(1999)
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  • #22
    Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America(2001)
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  • #23
    Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul (With: Martin Dillon)(2002)
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  • #24
    Human Beings: The Weird and the Wonderful(2005)
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  • #25
    Secret Wars: One Hundred Years of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6(2009)
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  • #26
    Operation Exodus: From the Nazi Death Camps to the Promised Land: A Perilous Journey That Shaped Israel's Fate(2009)
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  • #27
    Secret Wars / Inside British Intelligence(2009)
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  • #28
    Prisoners in Rabaul: Civilians Surviving Japanese Captivity, 1942-1945(2012)
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  • #29
    The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's Secret Plan to Save Jews from the Nazis(2012)
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  • #30
    Magdalene: Jesus and the Woman Who Loved Him(2014)
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  • #31
    Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE (With: Greg Lewis)(2017)
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  • #32
    Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule (With: Greg Lewis)(2019)
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About Gordon Thomas

Gordon Thomas is a Welsh author with a storied career, having written over fifty books. Born in Wales, Thomas spent his youth traveling extensively due to his father's RAF postings, attending Cairo High School, the Maritz Brothers in Port Elizabeth, and Bedford Modern School. At seventeen, he penned his first book, Descent Into Danger, a gripping tale of a British spy in Russia during World War II. Thomas later eschewed academia to join a traveling fair, drawing inspiration for his novel Bed of Nails. As a foreign correspondent, he covered pivotal events like the Suez Crisis and the first Gulf War. He also worked as a BBC writer/producer for flagship programs Man Alive, Tomorrow's World, and Horizon. Thomas contributes to Facta, a respected Japanese news magazine, and lectures on intelligence globally. His book Gideon's Spies: Mossad's Secret Warriors was adapted into a documentary, The Spy Machine, for Channel Four, following three years of unprecedented access to Mossad's inner workings.

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