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Secrets in a dead fish : the spying game in the First World War
- Title
- Secrets in a dead fish : the spying game in the First World War / Melanie King.
- Author
- King, Melanie.
- Publication
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFC 16-351 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvi, 102 pages; 18 cm
- Summary
- Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, "Secrets in a Dead Fish" is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102).
- Contents
- A life of adventure? -- Tricks of the trade -- Languages of victory : secret codes -- "Conceal me what I am" : identity and disguise -- Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we spy -- The walls have ears : eavesdrops and wiretaps -- The female of the species -- Tools of the trade -- Loose lips : gossips and counterspies.
- Call Number
- JFC 16-351
- ISBN
- 9781851242603
- 1851242600
- LCCN
- 2014471107
- OCLC
- 859583615
- Author
- King, Melanie.
- Title
- Secrets in a dead fish : the spying game in the First World War / Melanie King.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-102).
- Chronological Term
- 1914-1918
- Research Call Number
- JFC 16-351