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Two. Leonard Cyril Deighton (/ ˈdeɪtən /; born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his spy novels. After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, Deighton attended the Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in ...
0-09-154190-5. OCLC. 10125712. Followed by. Mexico Set. Berlin Game is a 1983 spy novel by Len Deighton. It is the first novel in the first of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Berlin Game is part of the Game, Set and Match trilogy, being succeeded ...
The IPCRESS File is Len Deighton 's first spy novel, published in 1962. The story involves Cold War brainwashing and includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the Soviet Union 's first atomic bomb. The story was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman ...
Under Fire debuted at number four at both the Combined E-Book & Print Fiction and the Hardcover Fiction [3] categories of the New York Times bestseller list for the week of July 5, 2015. In addition, it debuted at number five at the USA Today Best Selling Books list for the week of June 25, 2015.
Harry Palmer is the name given to the anti-hero protagonist of several films based on spy novels written by Len Deighton, in which the main character is an unnamed intelligence officer. For convenience, the novels are also often referred to as the "Harry Palmer" novels. Michael Caine played Harry Palmer in three films based on published novels ...
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain. First edition (publ. Jonathan Cape) Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain ( ISBN 1845951069) is a Second World War military history book by English author Len Deighton. First published in 1977, it was Deighton's first history book although he had made his name as a writer of spy fiction.
Ysabel has been one of Kay's most successful novels. It was nominated for the White Pine Award, [2] and spent five weeks as the #1 bestseller in Canada. [3] The Globe and Mail called Ysabel "a splendid addition to (Kay's) body of work," praising the novel's well-developed characters, interweaving of myth and believable relationships, and "breathless realism". [1]
Spy Line. Spy Line is a 1989 spy novel written by British writer Len Deighton. It is the second novel in the second of three trilogies about Bernard Samson, a middle-aged and somewhat jaded intelligence officer working for the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Spy Line is part of the Hook, Line and Sinker trilogy, being preceded by Spy ...