Take Nine Spies Author:Fitzroy MacLean Spy stories have an irresistible appeal. There is something about the spy--secret, solitary, lurking and always at risk--that quickens the imagination. The more improbable, the more intriguing. In TAKE NINE SPIES Sir Fitzroy MacLean, himself no stranger to spies and spy masters, tells nine true stories, each carefully selected for its own par... more »ticular interest or signifigance. Among others there are the stories of Mahta Hari, the talk of Paris in 1907 but shot as a spy 10 years later; Kim Philby, a trusted British agent who defected to Russia in 1963; and William Martin, the man whose corpse made a crucial contribution to military intelligence in WW II. "The author's first-hand knowledge and narrative gifts throw a new and vivid light on this perennially fascinating subject." (B-O-T Editorial Review Board)« less