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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 312x240x22 mm, kaal: 1230 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2022
  • Kirjastus: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN-10: 0571361846
  • ISBN-13: 9780571361847
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 312x240x22 mm, kaal: 1230 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2022
  • Kirjastus: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN-10: 0571361846
  • ISBN-13: 9780571361847
Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Award-winning author 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.

The stories in this beautiful collection unpick some of the most astonishing missions undertaken during World War Two – actions that helped to save many lives. Amazingly, many of these tales had to remain a deadly secret at the time and are little known even to this day.

Discover twenty-seven of the most courageous and daring, including:

Giliana Gerson, Britain's first female spy,
Harry Ree, teacher turned saboteur,
Margery Booth, the spy who sang for Hitler,
Roald Dahl, the spy who became a bestselling author,
Noor Inayat Khan, the first woman wireless operator,
Scotch Lass, Britain's smallest ever agent,
'Major Martin' the man who never was
and many more!

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Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning David Long and rising star Terri Po.
Introduction 1(4)
Making Friends in All the Right Places
5(8)
Giliana Gerson
From Spy to Storyteller
13(6)
Roald Dahl
Spying, Subversion and Sabotage
19(8)
Virginia Hall
Missions by Moonlight
27(6)
Lewis Hodges
The First Woman Wireless Operator
33(8)
Noor Inayat Khan
Breaking into a Death Camp
41(8)
Witold Pilecki
A Doctor in Search of Adventure
49(8)
Pat O'Leary
Double Agent: Working for the Enemy
57(6)
Harry Cole
A Death Race on Skis
63(8)
Claus Helberg
Britain's Smallest Secret Agent
71(8)
Scotch Lass
No One Suspects a Star
79(6)
Josephine Baker
Dropped into Danger
85(6)
Andree Borrel
Living Next Door to the Enemy
91(6)
Lise de Baissac
Singing for Hitler
97(6)
Margery Booth
Miss Moneybags
103(8)
Alix d'Unienville
Wrecking Rockets
111(8)
Jeannie Rousseau
Teacher Turned Factory Saboteur
119(8)
Harry Ree
The Incredible Escape Artist
127(8)
Mary Lindell
The Powers of Persuasion
135(8)
Krystyna Skarbek
The Spies Who Were Sisters
143(8)
Didi
Jacqueline Nearne
Gadgets and Gizmos
151(8)
Charles Fraser-Smith
The Man Who Never Was
159(8)
`Major Martin'
More High Life than Spy Life
167(8)
William Colepaugh
A Traitor Tricked
175(6)
Elyesa Bazna
Stealing Scientific Secrets
181(8)
Klaus Fuchs
The Secret Tunnel that Wasn't Secret
189(6)
George Blake
Tracking Down a Nazi
195(8)
Zvi Aharoni
Epilogue 203
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.

Terri Po is a children's book illustrator who was highly commended in the FAB Prize. She is originally from Hong Kong but graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2018. She creates editorial illustrations, infographics and illustrated books, as well as doing live graphic facilitation.