Death rays, invasions, and bombs, oh my! The plots foiled by fictional spies in the early twentieth century were outlandish enough to inspire numerous spoofs, from Agatha Christie to Dr. Strangelove. From Kipling’s “Great Game” to John Buchan’s 39 Steps, the rise of espionage in fiction mirrored British anxieties about the world and its place in it. Idealism and social criticism were often closely linked, with unlikely heroes (and sometimes heroines) being plucked from obscurity to save the day… and sometimes the world. This podcast episode discusses how the tropes of British spy fiction were formed and transcended in the first half of the twentieth century.
Podcaster: Lucy
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