History of Spy fiction

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The spy fiction genre as it is currently recognised is usually thought of as a fairly recent phenomenon, and appears to be concerned primarily with the exploits of spies during the Cold War, but in reality the genre has a very long and extremely disparate history. For example, an early example of the spy novel genre is to be found in the activities of [Baroness Orczy]?'s [The Scarlet Pimpernel]? recounting the undercover exploits of an English aristocrat in his attempts to rescue members of the French aristocracy during the French Revolution. Erskine Childers' novel, [The Riddle of the Sands]?, defined the spy novel for the First World War. Much of the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's work is also concerned with subterfuge in a futuristic interplanetary setting. Writers of Spy Fiction

The spy fiction genre as it is currently recognised is usually thought of as a fairly recent phenomenon, and appears to be concerned primarily with the exploits of spies during the Cold War, but in reality the genre has a very long and extremely disparate history. An early example of the spy novel genre is to be found in the activities of [Baroness Orczy]?'s [The Scarlet Pimpernel]? recounting the undercover exploits of an English aristocrat in his attempts to rescue members of the French aristocracy during the French Revolution. Erskine Childers' novel, [The Riddle of the Sands]?, defined the spy novel for the First World War. Much of the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick's work is also concerned with subterfuge in a futuristic interplanetary setting.

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Prominent writers of spy fiction: