ISBN: 0091920612
Godina izdanja: 2007
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Graham Greene, Hugh Greene - The Spy`s Bedside Book
Hutchinson, 2007
272 str.
tvrdi povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

A classic compendium of espionage stories penned by some of the greatest writers and most famous spies. With a new introduction by Stella Rimington, former head of MI5.

The foxhunter, the angler, the cricketer — each has had his own bedside book. Why not the spy? First published in 1957, The Spy’s Bedside Book provoked much interest and pleasure and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a hundred copies were bought by East German Intelligence. This classic anthology, beautifully repackaged as a small-format hardback, will enthrall readers once again with its tales of espionage from a bygone era, while also revealing a secret or two, such as how to hide messages in a boiled egg and why you should always put pepper in your vodka when in Russia.

Most of the great writers on spying and many practitioners are represented in these pages: Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Belle Boyd, Ian Fleming and John Buchan, Walter Schellenberg and Major Andre, Sir Paul Dukes and Vladimir Petrov — and from the golden age of espionage, William Le Queux and E. Phillips Oppenheim. William Blake, D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Mann, all suspected of espionage in three great wars, are some of the unexpected figures.

Review
`I fear England will be infested with alien agents who have learned their trade from this revealing and mischievous compilation.`-`The Evening News`
From the Inside Flap
On its first appearance in 1957, Hugh and Graham Greene`s The Spy`s Bedside Book provoked a storm of interest, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, 100 copies were bought by East German Intelligence.
This classic anthology, with a new introduction by the former head of MI5, Stella Rimington, includes stories by some of the great writers on spying and many practitioners, including Ian Fleming and John Buchan, Sir Robert Baden-Powell and Belle Boyd, Walter Schellenberg and Major André, Sir Paul Dukes and Vladimir Petrov, and. from the golden age of mystery and suspense, William Le Queux and E. Phillips Oppenheim. There are also some unexpected figures: William Blake, D.H. Lawrence and Thomas Mann, all suspected of spying in three great wars.

How can you hide messages in a boiled egg? Why should you always put pepper in your vodka when in Russia? Answers to these questions and much more can be found in this thrilling collection, which will enthral readers once again with its tales of espionage from a bygone era.

From the Back Cover
The foxhunter, the angler, the cricketer, the lover - each has had his own bedside book. Why not the spy? Spies are, after all, members of a profession much more prone to insomnia than the followers of active or outdoor sports. The hazards and rewards of a spy`s life are described here, and many of the tricks of their trade. Even the most experienced spy may obtain some new hints on the preparation of secret inks or methods of eliminating or checkmating his rivals.
`I fear England will be infested with alien agents who have learned their trade from this revealing and mischievous compilation` The Evening News (London)

About the Author
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

Contents:
Introduction / Stella Rimington
Introduction to the First Edition / Graham Greene
For Beginners
A Mission Is Proposed / John Buchan
Directive to Colonel Zabotin
A Damned Good Story / W. Somerset Maugham
A Late Call at the German Embassy / L. C. Moyzisch
The Value of Hide-and-seek / Robert Baden-Powell
Take a Hard-boiled Egg / Bernard Newman
Example of Invisible Writing
Hazards of the Profession
Tricked / William Le Queux
A Whip of the Circassian Sort / T. E. Lawrence
A Nasty Scratch / William Le Queux
A Spy Advertises / Herbert Greene
A Bathroom at the Paris Ritz / Dennis Wheatley
A Trussed Fowl / William Le Queux
In the Back of the Head / Vladimir Petrov
A Little Black Beret / Peter Fleming
At the Social Club / George Griffith
`That indeed is to die` / Fenimore Cooper
Seduced with the Old Tricks / W. H. Auden
An Excellent Babadagly / William Le Queux
I Spy / Graham Greene
A Segment of German Sausage / Peter Fleming
The Sad Fate of Major Andre / Richard Garnett and Anna Seward
The Police Spy / Joseph Conrad
Seven Miles from Calais / Max Pemberton
A Twinge / William Le Queux
Delights of the Profession
A Narrow Squeak / Paul Dukes
A Cross-country Run / Belle Boyd
Good Hunting / Maurice Paleologue
Foreign Travel / Ian Fleming and Walter Schellenberg
Seex Fat English Pigs / Lechmere Worrall and J. E. Harold Terry
Room at the Bottom
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo / Arthur Morrison
The Adventures of Bonaparte / Compton Mackenzie
Unexpected Encounters
Colette and Mara Hari / Colette
The Man in the Soft Cap / Edmund Blunden
A Meet in the Shires / William Le Queux
Not Known to the Secret Services
The Spies` March, 1913 / Rudyard Kipling
A Royal Spy / Alan H. Burgoyne
Schnitzel alias Jones / Richard Harding Davis
How it Strikes a Contemporary / Robert Browning
Some Simple Disguises
Could Not Believe His Eyes / Robert Baden-Powell
None Other Than... / William Le Queux
The Waiters` Union / E. Phillips Oppenheim
Professional Perquisites
Royal Gifts / William Le Queux
A Well-appointed Office / Walter Schellenberg
Blanc de Blanc Brut, 1943 / Ian Fleming
A Certificate from General Washington / Fenimore Cooper
Spare-Time Activities
Prison Reading / R. H. Bruce Lockhart
Planning a Novel / Eric Ambler
Love / Major Andre
A Gaggle of Suspects
Queer People / Basil Thomson
The Lawrences / Hugh Kingsmill
Operation Goethe / Thomas Mann
What the Soldier Said / Willaim Blake
Coleridge and Wordsworth, Suspects / S. T. Coleridge
The Gendarme and the Painter / Paul Gauguin
A Lawyer from Kent / Walter Schellenberg
The Amorous Duchess / Maurice Paleologue
Postscript to Dreyfus / Guy Chapman
Tricks of the Trade
Beneath the Open Windows / Thomas Hardy
The Ordinary Route / Maurice Paleologue
Equipment for Tibet / F. M. Bailey
Vodka with Pepper / Ian Fleming
Dichlorethyl Sulphide / R. L. Green
Butterfly-hunting in Dalmatia / Robert Baden-Powell
Carrier Pigeons / H. R. Berndorff
A Visit to the Lavatory / R. H. Bruce Lockhart
Top People Read The Times / William Le Queux
The Ambassador`s Valet / Maurice Paleologue
Russian Methods / H. R. Berndorff
The Explosive Cigar / William Le Queux
A Plant / William James
The German Governess. The Simplest Thing in the World. An Early Microphone / Lechmere Worrall and J. E. Harold Terry
The Hansom Cab Approach / George Griffith
Calloway`s Code / O. Henry
Epilogue / Hugh Greene


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