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I am glad of that because I want you to go down to Italy . ” Ashenden had come
from Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the
afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city .
I am glad of that because I want you to go down to Italy . ” Ashenden had come
from Geneva to meet R. at Lyons and having got there before him had spent the
afternoon wandering about the dull , busy and prosaic streets of that thriving city .
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And where do I come in ? " asked Ashenden . “ He's going down to Italy . I've got
rather a ticklish job for him to do and I want you to stand by . I'm not keen on
trusting him with a lot of money . He's a gambler and he's a bit too fond of the girls
.
And where do I come in ? " asked Ashenden . “ He's going down to Italy . I've got
rather a ticklish job for him to do and I want you to stand by . I'm not keen on
trusting him with a lot of money . He's a gambler and he's a bit too fond of the girls
.
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At this time Italy was still neutral ; the Central Powers were straining every nerve
to keep her so ; the Allies were doing what they could to induce her to declare
war on their side . “ We don't want to get into any trouble with the Italian
authorities ...
At this time Italy was still neutral ; the Central Powers were straining every nerve
to keep her so ; the Allies were doing what they could to induce her to declare
war on their side . “ We don't want to get into any trouble with the Italian
authorities ...
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User Review - lamour - LibraryThingThis is volume three of Maugham's collected short stories. In this volume he has put his stories that have the same protagonist, Ashendan who is recruited to move to Switzerland where he will be a ... Read full review
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User Review - jimgysin - LibraryThingIt's easy to see why this one is considered an archetype of espionage fiction. The fact that the book was first published back in the late 1920s means that some of the dialogue and narrative will ... Read full review
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| Title | Ashenden: Or, The British Agent Volume 5 of The collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham, 5, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 1 May 2009 |
| Length | 304 pages |
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