Books with title The Smugglers

Excerpt from The JugglersI see it clearly now now when the errors of a dec ade, like the memory of a crime unatoned, persist in haunting me. Yes, it is ever thus with Nature. First she tempts one in a thousand different ways, and after she has trapped her victim resorts to rebuke. Why does she not sound a note of warning when there is still a chance of escape? Why does she not but why ask questions? Why philosophize? I wish to tell my story without homilies, without preachments. Truth needs no parables.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A major campaign against the greatest smuggling racket in the world—the smuggling of diamonds from Africa, to the tune of some ten million pounds a year—has just been completed. It took three years. Paris was involved and Antwerp, Beirut, Freetown, Johannesburg—and Moscow. How this underground battle was waged is the greatest spy story since the war.All the facts have come into the hands of Ian Fleming, who has been in Africa with the secret agent chiefly responsible for penetrating the international smuggling network, and has written his true story.