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True Spy Stories
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, True Crime
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- Ian Smith
- 25-09-19
stories for children
this is stories for children, short simple stories. didn't really enjoy any of them at all.
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- Ms. E. Morgan
- 26-11-16
True spy stories from eyewitness accounts
If you could sum up True Spy Stories in three words, what would they be?
Daring, Brave, Patriotic
Which scene did you most enjoy?
Stephen Thorne is mt favourite male narrator.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Narrow Escapes
Any additional comments?
Obviously aimed at younger readers i.e. 8-14 years but I still found this enjoyable as an adult. Just wish it was longer.