Spies in History

Stephen Alford

The public appetite for spies, both real and fictional, seems inexhaustible. But where and when did spying begin and how has the art and craft of espionage developed over the centuries? Spies in History is a collection of portraits of some of the most...

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Opening Credits

1/27/2025

Introduction: A Secret World

1/27/2025

Rahab: The Old Testament's Female Super Spy

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Medieval Espionage: The Art of Discovering the Enemy's Secrets

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Thomas Phelippes: The Perfect Elizabethan Spy

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Joachim Burwitz: At the Heart of Intelligence and Diplomacy in the Baltic

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John Thurloe: Oliver Cromwell's Spymaster

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Francis Younghusband: Espionage in Central Asia and the Great Game

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John Buchan: Canada, the US and The Thirty-Nine Steps

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Josephine Baker: France Versus the British Empire

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Noël Coward: An Unlikely Spy

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Betty Webb: The Humble Code Breaker Who Helped Defeat the Nazis

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Krystyna Skarbek: Churchill's Favourite Spy

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Richard Sorge: The Roots of Treason

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Karin Lannby: Sweden's Secret Soldier Spy

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Thede Palm: The Spy Chief Who Came in From the Library

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George Carver: CIA's Man in Vietnam

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Eli Cohen: Undercover in the Arab World

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James Bond: The Mythology and Fiction of the Modern Spy

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Jackson Lamb: The Slow Horses, Modern Britain's Perfect Spies

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Ending Credits

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