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James Bond, George Smiley, Harry Palmer, Richard Hannay and Josef Vadassy all belong to the same literary family. We call them spies.

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Janna Janssens is fictional. The women whose courage and ingenuity inspired her were not.

","url":"https://iainjacksonbooks.com/blog/f/the-women-behind-the-pale-lady-espionage-in-occupied-belgium","title":"The Women Behind the Pale Lady: Espionage in Occupied Belgium","summary":"Janna Janssens is fictional. The women whose courage and ingenuity inspired her were not.","date_modified":"2026-07-25T15:30:16Z"},{"id":"https://iainjacksonbooks.com/blog/f/john-buchan-the-novelist-who-worked-inside-britain%E2%80%99s-secret-war","html_content":"

The Charles King Series is rooted in the real people, institutions and hidden struggles of the First World War. Few figures embody that world more completely than John Buchan: novelist, propagandist, government official ...

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In the summer of 1915, while thousands of Allied soldiers fought and died on the Gallipoli peninsula, one man was fighting a very different battle.

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When people think of the First World War, it is usually the trenches of France and Belgium that come to mind. Endless lines of barbed wire, waterlogged trenches and devastating artillery bombardments have become the defi...

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In 1915, Britain's secret war was still being invented.

","url":"https://iainjacksonbooks.com/blog/f/the-secret-service-bureau-the-origins-of-british-intelligence","title":"The Secret Service Bureau: The Origins of British Intelligence","summary":"In 1915, Britain's secret war was still being invented.","date_modified":"2026-07-17T17:23:31Z"}]}