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the secret agent: the clubby attitude
…The myth of espionage as an essentially patrician sport, like polo, had some slight foundation. In the early twentieth century secret service budgets, except possibly in Russia, were still modest, and to stretch them as far as possible the professionals … Continue reading
the spy: harvey birch
James Fenimore Cooper’s The Spy with his protagonist Harvey Birch was the authentic ancestor of the modern espionage novel. Cooper drew no veil over the sordid aspects of espionage work. … …It is because Harvey Birch’s heroism has to be … Continue reading
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Tagged General "Wild Bill" Donovan OSS, General Donovan OSS, Hannah Adams Summary History of New England, Harvey Birch The Spy, James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper The Spy, John Le Carre, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog
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spy figures:the harvey birch society
The cult of the secret agent… …And it once again was an American writer, James Fenimore Cooper, who first endowed the spy figure with an intriguing aura of romance… Cooper’s novel, The Spy, published in 1821, and said to have … Continue reading
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Tagged A.L. Dominique writer, Hannah Adams writer, Ian Fleming James Bond, James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper The Spy, John Jay, John Le Carre, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, The Spy Harvey Birch
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