A story of espionage and counter-espionage, and anarchists and embassies.
This new edition includes a critical introduction which describes Conrad's great London novel as the realization of a monstrous town, a place of idiocy, madness, criminality and butchery.
The Secret Agent
The novel has several interesting twists and turns which make it captivating and worth reading.
Based upon Max Hardonniere's own experience as a covert operative during World War II, this is the story of a young man whose acquaintance with Prime Minister Winston Churchill would lead to him being recruited and trained as a spy who ...
Jack finally receives a coded message from his brother Max, possibly detailing his whereabouts. But duty calls, and Jack is whisked away to the sweltering savannah of Kenya before he...
Bestselling classic The Stories Julian Tells is just the beginning!
If so, this book is for you! In this exciting, award-winning nonfiction companion to the debut series SECRET AGENTS JACK AND MAX STALWART, readers ages 8 - 12 years old can learn behind-the-scenes codebreaking and spy skills.
The novel has several interesting twists and turns which make it captivating and worth reading.
"When a 007-year-old embarks on a bedtime mission called Operation Lollipop, he's prepared for every eventuality-except one"--
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1907.The story is set in London in 1886 and deals with Mr Anton Verloc and his work as a spy for an unnamed country (presumably Russia).