"Widely regarded as one of the best in the Bond canon"
A list like this wouldn’t complete without the presence of a certain James Bond. Widely regarded as one of the best in the Bond canon, From Russia With Love, the fifth in the series, focuses on the burgeoning Cold War tensions of the period. Bond has proved such a pain in the arse for SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency (SMERSH, a name coined by Joseph Stalin, is a Russian phrase meaning ‘death to spies’), that they decide to discredit him and MI6, luring Bond in with the Spektor, a Soviet decoding machine, and an attractive Russian cipher clerk ostensibly wishing to defect. The book is famous for an extended sequence on board the Orient Express and the fact that it ends on one of the most famous cliffhangers in thriller fiction.
| Primary Genre | Espionage and spy thriller |
007. Red Grant. Rosa Klebb. Tatiana Romanova. James Bond enters the murky world of Balkan espionage, taking on SMERSH in a deadly game of bluff and double bluff. This prestige hardback features bonus content as well as brand new cover art by legendary designer Michael Gillette.
From Russia With Love features in the following genres: Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller and Suspense
From Russia With Love is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook, CD-Audio
From Russia With Love was written by Ian Fleming and published by Ian Fleming Publications
From Russia With Love has 336 pages
£18.00
