This is a few levels up in darkness from what The 39 Steps is. Michael Kingston and 17 year old with a gift for languages who is drafted into the British Secret Service in 1915. He ends up in an undercover role Germany.
This was written in 1940 and as I said, it is very dark, not a tale of daring do, violent and surprisingly deep, certainly not a propaganda piece glorifying war.
Kingston's Secret Service mentor went on to star in a series of books written by the two authors.
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