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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Faber & Faber,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Giliana Gerson - Making friends in all the right places
- Roald Dahl - From spy to storyteller
- Virginia Hall - Spying, subversion and sabotage
- Lewis Hodges - Missions by moonlight
- Noor Inayat Khan - The first woman wireless operator
- Witold Pilecki - Breaking into a death camp
- Pat O'Leary - A doctor in search of adventure
- Harry Cole - Double agent: Working for the enemy
- Claus Helberg - A death race on skis
- Scotch Lass - Britain's smallest secret agent
- Josephine Baker - No one suspects a star
- Andrée Barrel - Dropped into danger
- Lise de Baissac - Living next door to the enemy
- Margery Booth - Singing for Hitler
- Alix d'Unienville - Miss Moneybags
- Jeannie Rousseau - Wrecking rockets
- Harry Rée - Teacher turned factory saboteur
- Mary Lindell - The incredible escape artist
- Krystyna Skarbek - The powers of persuasion
- Didi and Jacqueline Nearne - The spies who were sisters
- Charles Fraser-Smith - Gadgets and gizmos
- 'Major Martin' - The man who never was
- William Colepaugh - More high life than spy life
- Elyesa Bazna - A traitor tricked
- Klaus Fuchs - Stealing scientific secrets
- George Blake - The secret tunnel that wasn't secret
- Zvi Aharoni - Tracking down a Nazi.
