Spy fiction

Ladies at this time were “vivandieres” who were often known to accompany and provide support to the Union and Confederate army. A handful of women also impersonated themselves as men and joined the fight, while many other females were nurses and spies. As thousands of enslaved ladies were just beginning to be freed, they began their new lives surrounded by the barbarity and midst of the war. When the war was put to an end, 160,000 ladies were left mourning about their family members who had…

All good things must come to an end…or so they say. Of course, James Bond apparently never got that memo – you know, because he seems to get younger and more ambitious with each passing decade. With that said, it’s impossible not to admire the fan base and longevity that this character has built for itself, stemming back to the 1950s. At the same time, it’s also terribly difficult not to admire the stylistic swagger that the current Bond, Daniel Craig, has brought to the ever-growing…

Ken Follett is a bestselling Welsh author of popular fiction novels who has sold over 130 million copies of his novels and has had a major influence on the world of literature during his career. Ken Follett’s influence on literature mainly consists of his enhancement of the writing style prevalent in the world of modern popular fiction and the thriller genre specifically, which he manages to make while still maintaining the objective of entertaining his readers. Follett’s childhood love of…

Cross my Heart and Hope to Spy Written by: Ally Carter Genre: Spy Fiction Cameron Morgan, or Cammie, is a girl who attends the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women Spies. In the previous series of the book, she had been pressurized to break up with her first boyfriend, who accordingly was the most diverting boy in the world. It took quite a while to get over him, but now, Cammie had made up her mind to have a new and fresh start of a peaceful semester. It may have seemed simple, but…

but "Metal Gear Solid 3" based itself in an unseen war, using its darkness to bring its own story to light. Set in 1964, the game sets up a fictional story during the height of this historical era, using pieces of actual history weaved in with the fiction to synthesize a timeline that seems like it could almost be fact to someone…

The Dark Game is a narrative style of literature, as it tells a story of a spies and the codes they used during the second World War. This allows for the reader to be entertained with the characters based off of real spies, as well as be acquainted with the real life people, places, and events in history as they occurred. The Code Book, unlike The Dark Game, does not follow the process of a story…

The genre of the book is historical fiction. Kimberley Brubaker Bradley is the esteemed author of this book. The title of the book I read was The War That Saved My Life. The setting takes place near London England. 10 year old Ada has never left her one room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London with his class to escape the war, Ada doesn't any time she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new…

For my summer reading assignment, I chose the book “Cloud and Wallfish” by Anne Nesbet. I chose this book because I prefer fiction over nonfiction and I’ve enjoyed historical fiction in the past. My thoughts on this book changed rapidly once I read the book jacket. The summary Baxter provided in the PDF compared to the summary on the book jacket were very different. Now that I have read the book, I have some thoughts. Firstly, I think that if Baxter had provided a different summary I would have…

The Connection between Fiction and the Imagination Reading a story to your child, spouse or reading alone sometimes release a sense of adventure, depending on the story. Many individuals use stories to learn their history, talk about their experiences, or to fantasize about a world beyond the one they live in. It does not matter why individuals decide to read, as long as the story changes some part of them by the end of the story. Stories are used to open minds of individuals that are unable to…

Precaution, which launched Cooper’s literary career (Rosenblum). After the publication of Precaution, Cooper wanted to write about the American landscape and history in an effort to entertain his readers (Rosenblum). He then published his second novel, The Spy which was immensely popular and evolved into three editions, adapted for the New York stage and translated into French. The novel received equal criticism and gained him the title of “the first who deserved the appellation of a…