Spies the most thrilling spy stories from around the world
"Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po. A single spy can save thousands upon thousands of lives. From Harry Ree, teacher turned saboteur, to Margery Booth, the spy who sang for Hitler, to Scotch Lass, Br...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Faber & Faber,
2022.
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| Summary: | "Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po. A single spy can save thousands upon thousands of lives. From Harry Ree, teacher turned saboteur, to Margery Booth, the spy who sang for Hitler, to Scotch Lass, Britain's smallest ever agent, discover twenty-seven of the most courageous and daring spies. For as long as there have been secrets to keep, there have been spies, the world over, trying to uncover this classified information. Spying goes on all the time, and everywhere, but some of the most astonishing exploits occur during wartime"--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 206 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780571361847 0571361846 |
| Author Notes: | Writer and historian David Long is the award-winning and bestselling author of the acclaimed Survivors series, Pirates Magnified , We are the Romans , The World's Most Magnificent Machines , Tragedy at Sea , The Story of the London Underground and more than twenty other non-fiction books on a wide range of historical subjects. He is married to Rosy and lives in Suffolk. |
