The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The History of Espionage – True Crime StoriesBy George Barton
Length8h 6m
About this audiobook
The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents is a vivid compendium of espionage narratives, presenting celebrated figures whose clandestine labors shaped battles, diplomacy, and national destinies. Written in a brisk, anecdotal style characteristic of early twentieth-century popular history, the book blends biography, adventure, and moral reflection. Its portraits situate spying within a romantic yet perilous literary context, where courage, disguise, betrayal, and patriotism become instruments of war as decisive as armies. George Barton was an American journalist and author whose career trained him to value dramatic incident, documentary detail, and public accessibility. His interest in military history and human character informs the book's structure: each spy is treated not merely as a curiosity, but as an agent working within the pressures of empire, revolution, and modern statecraft. Barton's journalistic sensibility helps explain his emphasis on suspense, personality, and the hidden machinery behind public events. Readers interested in intelligence history, military biography, or the origins of espionage literature will find this volume rewarding. Though shaped by the assumptions of its era, it remains an engaging introduction to the mythology and realities of secret service work, offering memorable case studies of risk, ingenuity, and historical consequence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length8 hrs 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 16, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
13X. The Adventure of Private Morgan in the Camp of Cornwallis
2The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service Agents
14XI. The Mysterious and Romantic Case of General Napper Tandy
3Introduction
15XII. How Monsieur De Meinau Helped to Make Jerome Bonaparte King of Westphalia
4I. The Alsatian Smuggler Who Helped Napoleon to Capture the Austrian Army
16XIII. The Strange Mystery Surrounding the Betrayal of Captain Nathan Hale
5II. Belle Boyd, The Confederate Girl Who Saved Stonewall Jackson
17XIV. Major Le Caron and the Fenian Invasion of Canada
Show all chaptersShow less
6III. The Indian Scout Who was the Hero of King Philip’s War
18XV. How Emma Edmonds Penetrated the Confederate Lines
7IV. How the Suicide of a Staff Officer Once Averted War Between Austria and Russia
19XVI. The Amazing Adventure of Brigadier-General Lafayette C. Baker
8V. The Romantic Side of Major André’s Unsuccessful Exploit
20XVII. The Mysterious “F” and the Captured Troopers
9VI. The Strange Adventures of the Chevalier D’Eon at the Russian Court
21XVIII. The Mysterious Man Who Asked for a Light
10VII. How Napoleon’s Chief Spy Hoodwinked the Emperor of Austria
22XIX. Carl Lody and Spies of the World’s Greatest War
11VIII. Lydia Darrah, The Brave Quakeress Who Saved Washington’s Army from Destruction
23Memorable Quotes
12IX. Doctor Steiber and the Mystery of the Franco-Prussian War
More from George Barton
The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service AgentsGeorge Barton7h 45m$1 · $0.00
Angels of the BattlefieldGeorge Barton10h 11m$1 · $0.00
The Mystery of CleverlyGeorge Barton5h 21m$2 · $0.00
Barry Wynn; Or, The Adventures of a Page Boy in the United States CongressGeorge Barton5h 11m$1 · $0.00
I've Been to the MountaintopMartin Luther King48m5 (1)$11 · $0.00
RevolutionariesSanjeev Sanyal11h 23m$29 · $0.00
We Crossed a Bridge and It TrembledWendy Pearlman6h$24 · $0.00
Unbroken Bonds of BattleJohnny Joey Jones8h 31m$8 · $0.00
The Daughter of AuschwitzTova Friedman, Malcolm Brabant7h 54m$26 · $0.00
Lily's PromiseLily Ebert, Dov Forman8h 54m$29 · $0.00
Saving My EnemyBob Welch9h 11m$20
On Democracies and Death CultsDouglas Murray10h 38m$29 · $0.00
Across the RiverKent Babb11h 40m$29 · $0.00
Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and BeyondJohn Lyons12h 37m$33 · $0.00
The Fire Next TimeJames Baldwin2h 25m$15
EnduranceAlfred Lansing6h 1m$20
LES MISERABLES (Illustrated Edition)Victor Hugo66h 17m$1 · $0.00
BeyondStephen Walker15h 39m$33 · $0.00
Kings and PawnsHoward Bryant10h 9m$29 · $0.00
No EscapeNury Turkel9h 30m$28 · $0.00
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete 6 Volume Edition)Edward Gibbon179h 45m$2 · $0.00
Jubal Stone: U.S. Marshal: Blood Trail To Hell: A Western Adventure NovelCasey Nash3h 42m$18 · $0.00
Fall and RiseMitchell Zuckoff17h 23m$40 · $0.00
The SurvivorJosef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin9h 22m$29 · $0.00
You may also like
Last Boat to CadizBarnaby Conrad5h 19m$14 · $0.00
A Watch-dog of the North SeaPercy F. Westerman9h 33m$2 · $0.00
The Spy Wore RedAline Countess of Romanones10h 33m$21
The SpySuzanne Kamata1h 1m$5 · $0.00
The World's Greatest Military Spies and Secret Service AgentsGeorge Barton7h 53m$2.30
The Double TraitorE. Phillips Oppenheim8h 15m$1.20 · $0.00
The Boy Scout AviatorsGeorge Durston4h 16m$1 · $0.00
The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan4h 29m$34 · $0.00
The Bomb MakersWilliam Le Queux3h 32m$2.30
The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection (77 Books in One Volume)James Fenimore Cooper, John Buchan, William Le Queux, Talbot Mundy, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Erskine Childers, George Barton, Robert W. Chambers, Fred M. White, Robert Baden-Powell, John R. Coryell, E. Philips Oppenheim615h 50m$2 · $0.00
Frank ForesterGeorge Herbert Ely, Charles James L'Estrange6h 9m$2 · $0.00
My Secret Service, By the Man Who Dined with the KaiserAnonymous4h 4m$2.30
The Traitors of the Tropics, or, Nick Carter's Royal FlushNick Carter3h 56m$2.30
GreenmantleJohn Buchan9h 27m$20
The Zeppelin’s PassengerE. Phillips Oppenheim7h 28m$1.20 · $0.00
The Thirty-Nine StepsJohn Buchan3h 53m$12
John Buchan: 28 Novels & 40+ Short Stories (Illustrated)John Buchan427h 31m$1 · $0.00
The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept SeasJohn Henry Goldfrap5h 20m$1 · $0.00
The Spy ParamountE. Phillips Oppenheim7h 1m$1.20 · $0.00
Worrals Flies AgainW. E. Johns6h 10m$1 · $0.00