Espionage in War Fiction
This collection explores the thrilling intersection of espionage and military conflict, featuring tales of spies, secret missions, and the moral complexities of war. Each story immerses listeners in the high-stakes world of intelligence and intrigue during pivotal historical moments.
The Secret of the Silver Car
Before he went to join the Armed Forces in World War I France, Anthony Trent had a successful secret 'career' as a master criminal in the U…
The Riddle of the Sands
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yach…
The Four Stragglers
This thrilling novel teems with intrigue and unforgettable characters. It opens during WWI with a few allied soldiers lost at night behind G…
Mr. Standfast
This is the third of Buchan's Richard Hannay novels, following The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set, like Greenmantle, during World Wa…
Greenmantle
Greenmantle is the second of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one…
The Zeppelin's Passenger
The Zeppelin’s Passenger is a tale of German espionage in England during World War I. Dreymarsh is a fictional “backwater” area in England w…
Clouds Cover the Campus
On an American college campus, in the early years of World War II, a professor from Germany is murdered and the plans for a new bomb sight h…
The Saint
In this dramatization of "The Saint Plays with Fire," Simon Templar and Patricia Holm embark on a peaceful moonlight drive through…
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement and sent to the front lines during World War 1, to assist the Allies in stopping a German spy.
The Spy
James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, The Spy (1821), is based on Sir Walter Scott's Waverly series, and tells an adventure tale about the A…
The Shepherd
Frederick Forsyth's short story, "The Shepherd", takes you into the cockpit of a de Havilland Vampire fighter plane on Christmas E…
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel follows the daring exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a see…
The Box with the Broken Seals
A convoluted tale of espionage. This entertaining story is set in World War I. It has interesting characters. and I found my sympathies equa…
Miss Pim's Camouflage
Mid-WWI, staid Englishwoman Miss Perdita Pim suffers a sunstroke gardening & gains the power of invisibility. She becomes a super-secre…
I Spy
Here is a novel whose pregnant caption suits these parlous times. . . . It's all about a German spy plot to steal two American inventions de…