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Five men from Cambridge University infiltrated Britain’s most secretive institutions while secretly working for Soviet intelligence. Known as the Cambridge Five, they passed critical documents to Moscow during World War II and the Cold War, undermining Allied operations and nearly destroying international trust in British intelligence. Cambridge Five is the account of this spy scandal. David G. Stone explores the lives, motivations, and exploits of Philby, Burgess, Maclean, Blunt, and Cairncross—offering insight into how ideology, arrogance, and loyalty to a cause helped them fool the world.

The untold WWII story of a former NFL player turned White House insider who worked with Churchill’s undercover agents in New York City to conduct the biggest foreign spy operation ever within the US, and inspired Ian Fleming's James Bond, for fans of Ben Macintyre and Erik Larson. As a tough...

Many terms were bestowed upon the mysterious Fritz Duquesne throughout his colorful life, but perhaps the most fitting ever attributed to him was: "the most dangerous prisoner to have ever lived." But before this Boer warrior-turned-spy reached the heights of infamy that awarded him such acclaim, Fritz Joubert Duquesne lived a life of adventure that many people wouldn’t experience in a hundred lifetimes. From a young age, Fritz harboured a burning resentment toward the British army, stemming from the brutal treatment suffered by his family during the Anglo-Boer wars.

Anna Chapman: The Glamorous Face of a Russian Spy Ring explores the real woman behind the legend. With expert insight and rich detail, historian David G. Stone unpacks how Chapman’s case reignited Cold War tensions, tested U.S. Russia diplomacy, and offered a chilling glimpse into the world of 21st-century espionage.