The series "Myth or Reality" separates fact from fiction, presenting exceptional cases of people that authors, songwriters, and directors have made even more remarkable.

From Jesse James to James Bond, from Robinson Crusoe to Al Capone, in the series "Myth or Reality" you will discover what the reality was, often surpassing imagination.

Can you take on the challenge of this series? Truth or lie: Was Ivan the Terrible the first Russian chief spy? Did Mary Stuart, the Queen of Scots, receive secret messages hidden in beer barrels? Did the Chevalier d'Eon dress as a woman to spy on the Russians?

Answers to these and many more questions can be found in the series "Myth or Reality: Spies," where traitors, double agents from around the world poison, bug, and deceive through the pages of this book.

Step into a world where reality is more thrilling than imagination, where politicians sell state secrets for love, where traitorous nobles meet gruesome ends, and where cold-blooded killers use poisoned umbrellas.

Introduction

• PART ONE: THE NEED FOR INFORMATION
• The dawn of betrayal
• Medieval intrigues
• East and Solution
• Secret words
• PART TWO: THE GREAT SPIES
• Queens of deception
• Betrayal and conspiracy
• Spies for the revolution
• Death to traitors!
• PART THREE: IN MODERN TIMES
• The War of Belle Boyd
• The King of the Bloodhounds
• Murders!
• PART FOUR: ESPIONAGE ON A GLOBAL SCALE
• Mata Hari
• Traitors and heroes
• Thirty-Nine Steps to Glory
• PART FIVE: GREAT SPY CENTERS
• All the President's Men
• In the Secret Services of Her Majesty
• Behind the Iron Curtain
• The Art of Espionage
• PART SIX: THE STORY CONTINUES
• Red alert: Cuba!
• Collaboration and competition
• Espionage today