The Secret Agent

A Simple Tale

245 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2004 by Oxford University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-19-280169-2
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Inspired by an actual attempt in 1894 to blow up London's Greenwich Observatory, here is a chillingly prophetic examination of contemporary terrorism-and the literary precursor to today's espionage thriller.

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Subjects

  • Conspiracies -- Fiction
  • Anarchists -- Fiction
  • Bombings -- Fiction
  • London (England) -- Fiction