THE SECRET SERVICE - Spy Thrillers Boxed Set

Classic Espionage Tales of Secret Codes, Double Agents, Imperial Intrigue, and Diplomatic ConspiraciesBy E. Philips Oppenheim, Arthur Conan Doyle, John Buchan, Erskine Childers, Joseph Conrad, William Le Queux, Fred M. White, Robert W. Chambers, Talbot Mundy, James Fenimore Cooper, John R. Coryell, George Barton, Robert Baden-Powell

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THE SECRET SERVICE—Spy Thrillers Boxed Set surveys the formative decades of espionage fiction, tracing secret intelligence from frontier adventure and imperial romance to the anxious, technologically alert thrillers of the early twentieth century. Its varied repertoire includes conspiratorial mysteries, naval and political suspense, invasion narratives, coded communications, undercover pursuits, and tales of divided loyalty. Alongside briskly plotted popular fiction, the volume preserves more psychologically searching and morally unsettled treatments of secrecy, surveillance, and national obligation. The contributors form a remarkable transatlantic and imperial constellation of adventure writers, journalists, military thinkers, and masters of detective and sensational fiction. Their works emerge from a period marked by expanding empire, modern warfare, mass circulation journalism, and mounting fears of foreign infiltration before and during the First World War. Collectively, these voices helped establish the conventions of the modern spy thriller: the resourceful agent, the hidden network, the vulnerable border, and the tension between public duty and private conscience. Earlier historical romance broadens this genealogy by placing clandestine action within longer traditions of nation-making and conflict. This boxed set is especially rewarding for readers seeking to understand how espionage became a central literary language of modernity. It offers an exceptional opportunity to compare styles, political imaginations, and narrative strategies within one expansive volume. Students, scholars, and lovers of classic suspense will find both entertainment and a rich dialogue on secrecy, patriotism, power, and peril.

Espionage Thriller Conspiracy Hidden Identity Political Intrigue Psychological Adventure Antihero

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Rating★★★★ 4.3 (11)

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GenreMystery and Thriller, General Fiction

Length613 hrs 6 mins

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Publish dateJul 1, 2018

LanguageEnglish

1SPY THRILLERS - Boxed Set

2THE SECRET SERVICE - Spy Thrillers Boxed Set

3Introduction

4The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (George Barton)

5Introduction

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6I. The Alsatian Smuggler Who Helped Napoleon to Capture the Austrian Army

7II. Belle Boyd, The Confederate Girl Who Saved Stonewall Jackson

8III. The Indian Scout Who was the Hero of King Philip’s War

9IV. How the Suicide of a Staff Officer Once Averted War Between Austria and Russia

10V. The Romantic Side of Major André’s Unsuccessful Exploit

11VI. The Strange Adventures of the Chevalier D’Eon at the Russian Court

12VII. How Napoleon’s Chief Spy Hoodwinked the Emperor of Austria

13VIII. Lydia Darrah, The Brave Quakeress Who Saved Washington’s Army from Destruction

14IX. Doctor Steiber and the Mystery of the Franco-Prussian War

15X. The Adventure of Private Morgan in the Camp of Cornwallis

16XI. The Mysterious and Romantic Case of General Napper Tandy

17XII. How Monsieur De Meinau Helped to Make Jerome Bonaparte King of Westphalia

18XIII. The Strange Mystery Surrounding the Betrayal of Captain Nathan Hale

19XIV. Major Le Caron and the Fenian Invasion of Canada

20XV. How Emma Edmonds Penetrated the Confederate Lines

21XVI. The Amazing Adventure of Brigadier-General Lafayette C. Baker

22XVII. The Mysterious “F” and the Captured Troopers

23XVIII. The Mysterious Man Who Asked for a Light

24XIX. Carl Lody and Spies of the World’s Greatest War

25My Adventures as a Spy (Robert Baden-Powell)

26The Different Degrees of Spies

27Strategical Agents

28Tactical Agents

29Residential Spies

30Officer Agents

31Commercial Spying

32Germany's Invasion Plans

33Field Spies

34Catching a Spy

35Conveying Information

36Secret Signals and Warnings

37Spies in War Time

38The Pluck of a Spy

39Traitorous Spying

40The German Spy Organisation

41The Value of Being Stupid

42Concealing a Fort in a Moth's Head

43Butterfly Hunting in Dalmatia

44How Spies Disguise Themselves

45The Sport of Spying

46The Value of Hide-and-Seek

47Spying on Mountain Troops

48Posing as an Artist

49Fooling a German Sentry

50A Spy is Suspicious

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