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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: March 2026

Quick Answer

What are all of Gordon Thomas's book series? Gordon Thomas has written 2 book series. The most notable is the David Morton series.

Complete series list with all books in reading order below.

Book Series by Gordon Thomas

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

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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