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A biography of Richard Sorge (1895-1944), a man with two homelands, born of a German father and a Russian mother in the USSR. A member of the angry and deluded generation who found new, radical faiths after their experiences on the battlefields of the First World War, Sorge beca…

Examining the espionage and intelligence stories of World War II, on a global basis, bringing together the British, American, German, Russian and Japanese histories. In "The Secret War", Max Hastings examines the espionage and intelligence machines of all sides in World War II, …

James Bond in World and Popular Culture: The Films are Not Enough provides the most comprehensive study of the James Bond phenomena ever published. The 40 original essays provide new insights, scholarship, and understanding to the world of James Bond. Topics include the Bond gir…

Tells the story of Ashraf Marwan, a top Egyptian official and son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, spied for the Mossad and almost singlehandedly saved Israel from defeat in the Yom Kippur War. The story blows open the Mossad and reveals the truth behind M…

'The Good Spy' is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird's compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of Robert Ames, one of the most important spies in CIA history - a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West

Britain, 1972. Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services in her final year at Cambridge. The cultural cold war continues and the country is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism. Serena is …

This is the history of an unprecedented deception operation - the biggest KGB deception of all time. It has never been told in full until now. There are almost certainly people who would like it never to be told. It is the story of General Alexander Orlov. Stalin's most loyal an…

"This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then…

"This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then…