Cloak and dagger books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre DumasThe model for court intrigue, disguise and sword fights, with the Cardinal's schemes and the pursuit of Milady de Winter driving the plot.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Anthony HopeSets the pattern of an ordinary man impersonating a king in an invented European state, a model for many later intrigue romances.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Emma OrczyA secret rescuer of French aristocrats during the Terror, whose double identity hides him in plain sight.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
John BuchanA hunted man, a secret code and a plot against Britain, an early and influential model for the spy chase.
Captain Blood
Rafael SabatiniA wrongly transported Irish doctor turned pirate and rebel, linking the swashbuckling and intrigue strands of the genre.
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