Ashenden or: the British Agent
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A thief, languishing in prison for stealing moments, escapes and becomes a chronometric fugitive. Women wait in a long, endless line, night and day, without knowing what is at the beginning of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:B000YNZ0XU
Release Date:January 1941
Publisher:Doubleday, Doran
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
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Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a 1927 collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War.
A literary James Bond.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
An amazing fictional account of Maugham's real life adventures as a spy for Great Britain during WW I. Written in Maughm's usual concise and elogant prose, these stories make the reader root for Ashenden who is nothing short of a literary James Bond. This account, written as a collection of short independent stories, shows that, when in the hands of an author with a command of the English language, suspense and intrigue can be create in a book in other ways besides stringing together one action scene after another. Simply Maugham at his best
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