Secret services... Their history is lost in the times of old, their existence paralleling the development of the armies and their need to have reliable information from the enemy territory. The roots of espionage cannot be dissociated from the world history it was a companion of both as to the pivotal events and the daily life happenings so that many of the questions and answers of the past are closely intertwined with those of the present, and more likely than not of the future. That's why the universal history of espionage stirs not only the inquisitiveness of the present people but also...

The most famous spies in history... We have seen them in the movies and we have read about them in books. But can such daring and dangerous spies exist in real life? The answer is a big YES. Many real life spies are just as fascinating as their fictional counterparts. In the book The Brotherhood of spies, we find the adventures of most daring and dangerous spies. The present volume is but the first in a series dedicated to the actions of the secret services. Organizations more often than not behind the consequential events that had left their mark on world history, the latest of which, namely...