title: Counterfeit Spies: Genuine or Bogus? An Astonishing Investigation into Secret Agents of the Second World War (Nigel West Intelligence Library)
author:  Nigel West 
description: Of the many hundreds of accounts of wartime adventures by secret agents behind enemy lines, which are authentic and which are the fantasies of hoaxers? Have dozens of authors and their publishers been duped into peddling fiction dressed up as fact? In this remarkable investigation of clandestine operations of the Second World War, British intelligence expert Nigel West reveals a catalog of bogus claims, doctored photos, faked documents, and manufactured archival records. The spurious tales of more than two dozen authors are placed under the expert's microscope, compared to the recently declassified files of hitherto secret organizations, and exposed as exaggeration, embellishment, or outright fraud. A compelling, brilliantly researched investigation.
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  EVERYONE in trade and a good many who are not have heard of Werner's Agency,
  the Solvency Inquiry Agency for all British trade. Its business is to know the
  financial condition of all wholesale and retail firms, from Rothschild's to
  the smallest sweetstuff shop in Whitechapel. I do not say that every firm
  figures on its books, but by methods of secret inquiry it can discover the
  status of any firm or individual. It is the great safeguard to British trade
  and prevents much fraudulent dealing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Of this agency I, Dixon Druce, was appointed manager in 1890. Since then I
  have met queer people and seen strange sights, for men do curious things for
  money in this world.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  It so happened that in June, 1899, my business took me to Madeira on an
  inquiry of some importance. I left the isla