The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader
A Compendium of Spy Writing
Michael Smith
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The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader
A Compendium of Spy Writing
Michael Smith
Ă propos de ce livre
Espionage fact and fiction collide in this thrilling compendium of spy writing, where some of the greatest spy stories ever told meet the genuine agent records and instructions that altered history.Ian Fleming's genre-defining genius and John le Carré's iconic George Smiley are interspersed with real-life stories of derring-do inside Bolshevik Russia. Literary classics by Graham Greene and Somerset Maugham appear next to never-before-published reports from two of the Cambridge spies.Fully updated with tales of agent-running from the first female Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, and Andy McNab's chilling account of a top-secret mission deep inside IRA territory, this compelling anthology is proof that truth really can be stranger than fiction.With expert commentary, former intelligence officer Michael Smith takes us on a fascinating journey inside the mysterious world of British intelligence. The Secret Agent's Bedside Reader is a must-read for every espionage enthusiast and aspiring agent.
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Table des matiĂšres
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Historical Note
- THE SECRET AGENT âJoseph Conrad
- SPIES OF THE KAISER âWilliam Le Queux
- THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS âErskine Childers
- TRACKING GERMAN SPIES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR âBasil Thomson
- MY ADVENTURES AS A SPY âRobert Baden-Powell
- THE MAN WHO WAS M âWilliam Melville
- GREENMANTLE âJohn Buchan
- STRANGE INTELLIGENCE âH. C. Bywater & H. C. Ferraby
- MATA HARI AND OTHER FEMALE AGENTS âBasil Thomson
- BOMBING TARGETS IN BRUGES âPierre-Marie Cavrois OâCaffrey
- SPREADING THE SPY NET âHenry Landau
- THE GERMAN LOSSES IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND âAgent R16 (Karl KrĂŒger)
- ASHENDEN âW. Somerset Maugham
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR AGENTS GOING TO GERMANY
- MY FIRST MEETING WITH C âCompton Mackenzie
- THE SECRET AGENTâS INSTRUCTIONS
- TALES OF AEGEAN INTRIGUE âJ. C. Lawson
- A RATHER BAD MOMENT âNorman Dewhurst
- GO SPY THE LAND âGeorge Hill
- THE LOOMING THREAT OF RASPUTIN âJ. D. Scale
- THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL OF PETROGRAD âPaul Dukes & John Merrett
- RED DUSK AND THE MORROW âPaul Dukes
- SAFE HOUSE ON THE CHEREMETEFF PEREULOK âSidney Reilly
- THE SPY WHO SAVED 10,000 JEWS âHubert Pollack
- SIDNEY COTTON: THE MI6 PIONEER OF PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE âJohn Godfrey
- MI9 AND COLDITZ âM. R. D. Foot & J. M. Langley
- LITTLE CYCLONE: THE GIRL WHO STARTED THE COMET LINE âAirey Neave
- A POLISH SPY IN ALGIERS âMieczyslaw Zygfryd Slowikowski
- THEY FOUGHT ALONE âMaurice Buckmaster
- A BRITISH SECRET AGENT WITH THE RESISTANCE âRichard Heslop
- BLETCHLEY PARK AND THE D-DAY DECEPTION âMichael Smith
- GARBO: THE STAR OF THE DOUBLE CROSS SYSTEM âJuan Pujol Garcia
- THE RECRUITMENT OF DOUBLE AGENT TREASURE âKenneth Benton
- THE TORTURE OF THE WHITE RABBIT âTommy Yeo-Thomas
- PREPARING THE GROUND FOR JAMES BOND âIan Fleming
- THE SAD CASE OF JAN MAĆ EK âBob Steers
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF GEORGE SMILEY âJohn le CarrĂ©
- WHEN PHILBY MET HOLLIS âKim Philby
- KIM PHILBY: THE UNKNOWN STORY OF THE KGBâS MASTER-SPY âTim Milne
- THE HUMAN FACTOR âGraham Greene
- GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OPEN UP âGuy Burgess
- THE WATCHERSâ HANDBOOK âHarry Hunter
- THE ART OF AGENT-RUNNING âStella Rimington
- CLOSE TARGET RECONNAISSANCE âAndy McNab
- SLINGSHOT âMatthew Dunn
- UNCOMMON ENEMY âAlan Judd
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