A collection of real-life spy stories from the author of Horrible Histories, guaranteed to encourage the armchair agent in everyeader. 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....