This is a collection of real-life spy stories from the author of "Horrible Histories", guaranteed to encourage the armchair agent in every reader. With a Famous Spies Fact File and details of the codes, disguises and tricks spies have used, Terry Deary lifts the lid on the intriguing world of international espionage...Alexander the Great has conquered Greece and Persia but the trouble now lies within and the ruthless emperor has no choice but to spy on his own army...It's 1940 and a German agent is caught in England. He must betray his own country or die...An internet spy befriends a fourteen-year old boy but with the KGB closing in he must go it alone...Sometimes fact can be stranger than fiction...

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Terry Dearys Terrible Tales .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published in 2006 by Scholastic .

The author of over 115 books, including the top selling Horrible Histories series, Terry Deary is one of the most successful children's writers today. He sells one million books a year and is the most borrowed British author in school libraries. Philip Reeve's first novel Mortal Engines was published to an incredible critical acclaim which his subsequent books have emulated. He is the author of the Larklight trilogy for Bloomsbury. Philip lives in Devon. David Wyatt, has illustrated many beautiful covers for authors including Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman. He lives in Devon, and is a keen lutist, cyclist, and wanderer of the moors.