Bibliograph

Spies, David Long ; illustrated by Terri Po

Type

Label

Spies, David Long ; illustrated by Terri Po

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spies

Oclc number

1314376842

Responsibility statement

David Long ; illustrated by Terri Po

Summary

"Discover the exciting and dangerous lives of spies and secret agents from Blue Peter Award-winning 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"--Publisher's description

Table Of 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 -- Andrée 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 Rée -- 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification