The Most Dangerous Female Spies in History

History's most dangerous female spies will take you into the world of secret operations, courageous women and dangerous missions that often changed the course of world history. From Cleopatra's court to the bloody battlefields of the world wars to modern secret services, you will learn the stories of twenty-nine women who managed to obtain information where entire armies had failed. Some were aristocrats, others dancers, nurses, actresses or ordinary clerks, but all were united by extraordinary intelligence, courage and the ability to risk their own lives. The book presents the fates of the most famous female spies and women whose names remained secret for decades. It reveals their real missions, their secret working methods and their fates after being discovered by the enemy. It also separates historical facts from the legends that have grown up around many of them. Each chapter presents a dramatic story based on historical sources and places it in a broader historical context.