Ashenden

Informationen zum Autor W Somerset Maugham Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: W Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.07.2000
• EAN: 9780099289708
• ISBN: 978-0-09-928970-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look; Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics New Look
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Classic fiction, First World War fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary