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During World War II, facing the powerful Nazi war machine, Britain had to find ways to weaken the enemy. The author of this book, Giles Milton, uses vivid descriptions to describe several wonderful sneak attacks and assassinations carried out by the British army outside the main battlefields of World War II. With the support of Churchill, several typical British gentlemen planned and led these completely ungentlemanly actions, despite the opposition of the old-fashioned people in the army and government who insisted on tradition. They invented new weapons, established schools for training guerrillas, and transported explosives to the resistance organizations in the occupied areas... These secret fighters who did not belong to the conventional army made a huge contribution to the final victory of the war.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the nutmeg produced on an unknown island in the Pacific became the focus of competition among European countries in the spice competition. This triggered a fierce and bloody struggle between the Dutch East India Company and a small group of British spice merchants led by Nathaniel Courtop. This struggle eventually ended with the Netherlands and Britain reaching a deal with a far-reaching impact in history. The British ceded control of Lanyu Island to the Dutch, and in return received Manhattan. This book tells a wonderful adventure story. The author selects several representative spice merchants and vividly reproduces a legendary history for readers through their stories.