Spy Stories is a remarkable collection of spy fiction written by Somerset Maugham during World War I, based on his personal experiences while serving in British intelligence.
With the British spy Ashenden at its center, the book tells a dozen or so intriguing stories that are interconnected, suspenseful, and full of twists. The beautiful female agents, silver-tongued men, and mysterious figures pulling their strings that novels and films love to depict may seem like exaggerated fiction, but here they become the reality of a life spent in constant danger, around the clock.
Writers, diplomats, revolutionaries, dancers, peasant women, baronesses, governesses, office workers... Among all the people around us, who is the spy hiding in the shadows?
Using the author's experience as material to tell stories about all kinds of people