Ashenden, Or: The British AgentAshenden: The British Agent is founded on Maugham's experiences in the English Intelligence Department during World War I, but rearranged for the purposes of fiction. This fascinating book contains the most expert stories of espionage ever written. For a period of time after it was first published the book became official required reading for persons entering the secret service. The plot follows the imaginary John Ashenden who during World War I is a spy for British Intelligence. He is sent first to Geneva and later to Russia. Instead of one story from start to finish, the chapters contain individual stories involving many different characters. All of the people whom Ashenden meets during his travels have their own reason for being involved in the spy game, and each are more complex than they first look. |
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... married to a Spaniard at one time , I think she still is though they don't live together , and she travelled on a Spanish passport . It appears Chandra made a dead set for her . " R. took up the Indian's photograph again and looked at ...
... married to a Spaniard at one time , I think she still is though they don't live together , and she travelled on a Spanish passport . It appears Chandra made a dead set for her . " R. took up the Indian's photograph again and looked at ...
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... married . It was now or never . He went down to Marseilles and met her as she stepped off the boat that had brought her from Tunis . His heart leaped at the pleasure she showed on seeing him . He knew he loved her madly . He told her ...
... married . It was now or never . He went down to Marseilles and met her as she stepped off the boat that had brought her from Tunis . His heart leaped at the pleasure she showed on seeing him . He knew he loved her madly . He told her ...
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William Somerset Maugham. country , and it was after she had been married to him for some years that Ashenden made her acquaintance . It was at the time when Europe discovered Russia . Everyone was reading the Russian novelists , the Rus ...
William Somerset Maugham. country , and it was after she had been married to him for some years that Ashenden made her acquaintance . It was at the time when Europe discovered Russia . Everyone was reading the Russian novelists , the Rus ...
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