The Diamond Smugglers
by Ian Fleming 
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A band of racketeers pirated a fortune in diamonds out of Africa every year and into the hands of Communist nations. A private army was commissioned to stop them. When the operation was complete, the story went to Ian Fleming to write up the investigation for the London Sunday Times.Tags
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A weaker effort from Fleming. Not as good as Thrilling Cities, and certainly not as good as the James Bond novels, this is a period piece of journalism. There are some warm author touches but this essentially is a piece of investigative journalism about diamond smuggling in the 1950's. Interesting in a few places but nowhere near as intriguing as I'd hoped.
Een waargebeurde geschiedenis die minstens zo boeiend is als een James Bond-verhaal.
Oct 1, 2010 (Edited)Dutch
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Ian Lancaster Fleming was born on May 28, 1908, in London, England. He attended Eton College and then the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He left there after a year to go study languages in Munich and Geneva. Fleming served as the Moscow correspondent for the Reuters News Agency from 1929 till 1933. he then became a banker and a stockholder show more in London until the beginning of World War II. When the war began, Fleming became the personal assistant to the Director of British Naval Intelligence, where he learned most of his espionage terms. When the war was over, he worked as the foreign manager of The Sunday Times in London. Fleming wrote twelve James Bond novels, nearly all of which were made into Motion Pictures. His works included: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Thunderball, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, and For Your eyes Only. He of died of a heart attack on August 12, 1964. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1957
- First words
- If you write spy thrillers you are apt to have an interesting postbag.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Across the top of the cutting Blaize had pencilled: Who wouldn't rather play golf?
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