The official book on Ian Fleming and James Bond by the bestselling author of Agent Zigzag

Do you know your geek-speak from your geek-chic? Ever wanted to put Humpty Dumpty together again? Can you distinguish Spanglish from Chinglish? This is a collection of pieces that will tease, tickle and tantalise those who enjoy all things lexical.

This is the story of a group of British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines in WW1. The soldiers took shelter in a French village, where one of the men fell in love with a local girl, before they were betrayed to the Germans and executed.

This is the story of Josiah Harlan, the American adventurer who forged his own kingdom in Afghanistan during the nineteenth century and subsequently became the inspiration for Kipling's 'The Man Who Would Be King.'.

From the bestselling author of "Operation Mincemeat" and "Agent Zigzag" comes the fascinating story of Elisabeth Nietzsche--sister of the famed philosopher--and her insane attempt to found a utopian colony in the jungles of Paraguay in the late 19th century.

If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, the savvy, sophisticated Gordievsky grew to see his nations communism as both criminal and philistine. He took his first posting for Russian intelligence in 1968 and eventually became the Soviet Unions top man in London, but from 1973 on he was secretly working for MI6.

For nearly a decade, as the Cold War reached its twilight, Gordievsky helped the West turn the tables on the KGB, exposing...