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206 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
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| 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 -- Andře 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 Ře - 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. |
| Summary |
"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... These stories unpick some of the most astonishing missions undertaken during World War Two--actions that helped to save many lives."-- Page 4 of cover. |
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Spies -- Juvenile literature.
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Espionage -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Juvenile literature.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Juvenile literature.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Espionage -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Spies -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Spies & Spying.
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JNF002000.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers.
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| Added Author |
Po, Terri, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780571361847 (hardcover) : $19.95 |
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0571361846 (hardcover) |
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