Ian Fleming: The Diamond Smugglers, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Diamond Smugglers
- The True Story of an International Crime Ring and Its Downfall, Told by the Creator of James Bond
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins, 12/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780063445734
- Item number:
- 12262495
- Volume:
- 160 Pages
- Weight:
- 454 g
- Format:
- 229 x 152 mm
- Thickness:
- 9 mm
- Release date:
- 30.12.2025
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
THE TRUE STORY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME RING AND ITS DOWNFALL
In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a respite from writing James Bond to craft a work of nonfiction every bit as tense as a Bond adventure. Aided by an ex-MI5 agent and International Diamond Security Organization operative going by the alias "John Blaize," Fleming chronicled the IDSO's infiltration of the "million-carat network"―the world's most notorious diamond smuggling ring.
Every year, a shadowy band of racketeers pirated a fortune in diamonds out of Africa, and the majority of the stolen gems wound up in the hands of Communist nations. In response, the IDSO commissioned a private army, led by legendary British spymaster Sir Percy Sillitoe, to penetrate and topple the ring.
When the operation was complete, the Sunday Times gave the story to Fleming, who had impressed Sillitoe with his earlier Bond adventure Diamonds Are Forever . A remarkable feat of investigative journalism, The Diamond Smugglers is the thrilling true story behind one of the greatest spy operations in history.
Biography
Ian Fleming, geboren 1908 in London als Sohn eines Bankiers, Studium der Paychologie in München und Genf. 1933 Korrespondent für die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters nach Moskau, im Zweiten Weltkrieges hochrangiger Verbindungsoffizier beim britischen Geheimdienst. 1952 erschuf er die legendäre Heldenfigur des Geheimagenten James Bond, am 13. April 1953 erschien mit "Casino Royale" der erste Roman dieser Erfolgsserie, gesamt wurden 14 Bond-Romane verfasst. Der Autor verstarb 1964.
