(Impress / The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., July 6, 2006)
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's experiences as a Britist secret agent in WWI, these spellbinding interwoven tales are so grippig and realistic that they became required reading for recruits entering British intelligence.
The archetype of a British espionage novel, the author based the central character on his own experiences as an agent in World War 1. This novel influenced a new generation of writers such as Ian Fleming.
This is not a Print-On-Demand or Facsimile copy but the 1951 copyrighted edition printed by Shakespeare House, New York. This book was originally published in 1928. Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a collection of stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War