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Chronicles the development of the French secret services in the modern era, asks some fundamental questions about what France expected and expects from them, an

The secret history' of the secret service, from the aftermath of the French revolution to the defeat of Napoleon.

From 1940 to 1942, French secret agents arrested more than two thousand spies working for the Germans and executed several dozen of them—all despite the Vichy

“A comprehensive exploration of spying in its myriad forms from the Bible to the present day . . . Easy to dip into, and surprisingly funny.” —Ben Macinty

A biography of William Wickham (1761-1840), Britain's master spy on the Continent for more than five years during the French Revolutionary wars. It follows Wick