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In 1980, while living in Belgium, the historian Lynn H. Nicholas read an obituary in The International Herald Tribune of the ...

Spy books are filled with action ... but it’s super cute and popular with many readers. The story includes lots of illustrations, fabulous vocabulary (regicide, for example), and a problem ...

Rachel Kushner's new novel "Creation Lake" is an eco-espionage story wrapped in philosophy, deception and radical politics. Sadie Smith is the operational name of a freelance spy once cast off by ...

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