4 Most Famous Spies In History

There is no person who hasn’t at least once peeked through the small hole on the front door, which some call a peephole, to see how a drunken neighbor in high hills staggers from the third floor. We can say that this is a form of espionage. Espionage is the most reliable way to gather information about the enemy. People who are dealing with espionage are called spies. Resources and ways they are using to obtain information are different: stalking, stealth monitoring of movement, work or other activities, delivering data and many others.

The oldest written record of espionage was found on a clay plate printed before 4.000 years, when the “secret agent” Banum, from the state of Mavi on the river Euphrates, reported to his ruler that he noticed a suspicious light signals in the neighboring enemy village. The first major written fact about intelligence service, however, has been made by Sun Tzu Wu, in China five hundred years B.C. In his art of war, the army commander wrote that the espionage is "withdrawal of the thread" and "most valuable characteristic of rulers". Who wants to rule must have the ability to see and predict events in their own country and its surroundings.

The twentieth century has demonstrated the full strength and the power of the intelligence services, and that happened in the world wars. It was a time of total espionage, when the warring states had one and only important thing to do. That was the idea to scare and intercept the opponent on his own field.

Modern remedy of communication has contributed the expansion of the spy business. Internet social networks allow peeping from the shadows and it is the dream of every spy.

Excessively dealing with other people's lives can mean the lack of its own. Man must deal with some problems and when he cannot continue doing that, and then he can at least deal with someone else's. Spying is not the solution. It is possible to discover something using espionage - but this way you will make it clear to the person that he cannot trust you and that he will need to hide what he does in the future.

However, this way of life brings some relief to the small number of people. At the moment identity is being lost and it is teleporting to another reality. So, for some people spying may have a therapeutic effect.

Who are the most famous world spies?

1.  After she divorced in 1905, Margaretha Zelle Geertruid began her career as an exotic dancer and took the stage name Mata Hari. Represented as a princess from Java, and during that period of her life, she has been photographed in scanty clothes and even naked. She associated with members of high class and become a prostitute for many high-ranking men and politicians. This led her into a good position from which she could collect secrets and important information.

2.  Casanova was born in Venice, and was known as a masher. He wrote a book The Story of my Life, which gives the best overview of his life in the 18th century.

3.  Bella Boyd was born with the name of Maria Isabella Boyd. She was a spy for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. She has operated from her father’s hotel, and gave useful information to Confederate generals.

4.  Nathan Hale was a captain in the Army during the American War of Independence. He has been considered as the first American spy. He is remembered for his dying speech before he was hanged.