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The Secret World

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Secret World

By Christopher Andrew

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About the book

'Almost every page includes a sizzling historical titbit ... captivating, insightful and masterly' (Edward Lucas, The Times)The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spies into the land of Canaan'. From there, Christopher Andrew traces the shift in the ancient world from divination to what we w...Show more

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ISBN

9780713993660

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Secret World

Format

Hardcover

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