Ashenden
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0099289709
ISBN-13
9780099289708
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
Vintage Classics
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 6th, 2000
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
254 grams
Dimensions
19.80 x 12.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Espionage & spy thrillerShort stories
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When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in Ashenden are rooted in Maugham''s own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as its absurdity.
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