From Russia With Love

by Fleming, Ian

• ISBN13: 9780425065891
• ISBN10: 0425065898
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley

Summary

Name: Bond, James. Height: 183 cm, weight: 76 kg; slim build; eyes: blue; hair: black; scar down right cheek & on left shoulder; all-round athlete; expert pistol shot, boxer, knife-thrower; does not use disguises. Languages: French and German. Smokes heavily (NB: special cigarettes with three gold bands); vices: drink, but not to excess, and women. Every major foreign government organization has a file on British secret agent James Bond. Now, Russia's lethal SMERSH organization has targeted him for elimination. SMERSH has the perfect bait in the irresistible Tatiana Romanova, who lures 007 to Istanbul promising the top-secret Spektor cipher machine. But when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues, with Bond both the stakes and the prize.

Author Biography

Ian Fleming (1908-1964), creator of the world's best-known secret agent, is the author of fourteen James Bond books. Born in London in 1908 and educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he became the Reuters Moscow correspondent in 1929. In the spring of 1939, Fleming went back to Moscow as a special correspondent for the London Times. In June of that same year, he joined Naval Intelligence and served throughout World War II, finally earning the rank of Commander, RNVSR (Sp.). Much of the James Bond material was drawn directly from Fleming's experiences as an intelligence officer. Later, Fleming became a consultant on foreign affairs for the London Sunday Times, by which time he had become far better known as the creator of James Bond.

Table of Contents

Roseland	p. 3
The Slaughterer	p. 11
Post-graduate Studies	p. 20
The Moguls of Death	p. 28
Konspiratsia	p. 37
Death Warrant	p. 46
The Wizard of Ice	p. 55
The Beautiful Lure	p. 66
A Labour of Love	p. 75
The Fuse Burns	p. 86
The Soft Life	p. 95
A Piece of Cake	p. 103
áBEA Takes You There...'	p. 112
Darko Kerim	p. 121
Background to a Spy	p. 131
The Tunnel of Rats	p. 141
Killing Time	p. 150
Strong Sensations	p. 160
The Mouth of Marilyn Monroe	p. 170
Black on Pink	p. 178
Orient Express	p. 187
Out of Turkey	p. 198
Out of Greece	p. 205
Out of Danger	p. 215
A Tie with a Windsor Knot	p. 223
The Killing Bottle	p. 234
Ten Pints of Blood	p. 245
La Tricoteuse	p. 251
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