Daniel Defoe, Spy

Winning Hearts and Minds in the Early Eighteenth Century

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

Our Man in Moscow

An American Spy in Revolutionary Russia

Oct 20 • 

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May 2025

The Umbrella Gun

The Mysterious Assassination of Georgi Markov

May 22 • 

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Unbeautiful Music

Songs, Spies, and Codes

May 8 • 

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April 2025

Agent Knopf

A Polish Spy in Hitler's High Command

Apr 2 • 

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March 2025

A New Golden Age: The Secret Letters of Mary Queen of Scots

AI is aiding codebreaking, but humans still matter more

Mar 21 • 

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June 2024

Homeland of Poisons

The Venetian Secret Service and Assassination

Jun 12, 2024 • 

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February 2024

(De)Ciphering the Holocaust

Bletchley Park, German Police Intercepts, and the Final Solution, 1941-42

Feb 15, 2024 • 

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January 2024

The Secret World of Eighteenth-Century Intelligence, Part 2

Intelligence During the American War of Independence

Jan 31, 2024 • 

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The Secret World of Eighteenth-Century Intelligence

Apologies for the long absence, but I’ve been swamped by work: namely, that U-boat book I’ve mentioned before.

Jan 24, 2024 • 

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May 2023

In the Stars

Louis de Wohl and Astrological Intelligence in World War Two

May 30, 2023 • 

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March 2023

The Lesser Evil

The Career of Wilhelm Höttl, Nazi Intelligence Peddler

Mar 24, 2023 • 

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