Spies in History

Children's Literature

In Spies In History authors Kate Walker and Elaine Argaet offer up a potpourri of information about spying in bygone days. Through a series of short historical vignettes the authors provide interesting bits and pieces of espionage acts that afford readers a look into the world of spies. As the authors of note, spying has a recorded history that spans back to the Biblical world of Moses. In times of war spies, both male and female, have aided opposing armies and helped shape the results accrued on the battlefield. Secret police forces in countries such as Czarist Russia, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union have also used spies to keep track of their own citizens. Finally, spies in American history have influenced the outcomes of Civil War battles, the course of the Revolution, and the tide of the Second World War. The two authors of this book that is a part of the multi-volume "Spies and Spying" series trace these and other secretive episodes. Written in a concise and exciting style this is a book that will help its readers to better understand the way in which subterfuge has been used to change the course of history. 2003, Smart Apple Media, Ages 10 to 14.
— Greg M. Romaneck