From Russia with Love (James Bond (Original Series))

James Bond is marked for death by the Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH in Ian Flemings masterful spy thriller, and the novel that President John F. Kennedy named one of his favorite books of all time. SMERSH stands for Death to Spies and theres no secret agent theyd like to disgrace and destroy more than 007, James Bond. But ensnaring the British Secret Services most lethal operative will require a lure so tempting even he cant resist. Enter Tatiana Romanova, a ravishing Russian spy whose defection springs a trap designed with clockwork precision. Her mission: seduce Bond, then flee to the West on the Orient Express. Waiting in the shadows are two of Ian Flemings most vividly drawn villains: Red Grant, SMERSHs deadliest assassin, and the sinister operations chief Rosa Klebbfive feet four inches of pure killing power. Bursting with action and intrigue, From Russia with Love is one of the best-loved books in the Bond canonan instant classic that set the standard for sophisticated literary spycraft for decades to come. Review Mr Fleming is in a class by himself ... immense detail, elaborate settings and continually mounting tension, flavoured with sex, brutality and sudden death -- Anthony Price Daily Mail Adds the pleasures of a credible plot to the excitement of extreme violence. Highly polished ... irresistible -- Sunday Times The About the Author Ian Fleming was born in London on May 28, 1908. He was educated at Eton College and later spent a formative period studying languages in Europe. His first job was with Reuters News Agency where a Moscow posting gave him firsthand experience with what would become his literary bete noire the Soviet Union. During World War II he served as Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence and played a key role in Allied espionage operations. After the war he worked as foreign manager of the Sunday Times , a job that allowed him to spend two months each year in Jamaica. Here, in 1952, at his home Goldeneye, he wrote a book called Casino Royale and James Bond was born. The first print run sold out within a month. For the next twelve years Fleming produced a novel a year featuring Special Agent 007, the most famous spy of the century. His travels, interests, and wartime experience lent authority to everything he wrote. Raymond Chandler described him as the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England. Sales soared when President Kennedy named the fifth title, From Russia With Love , one of his favorite books. The Bond novels have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide, boosted by the hugely successful film franchise that began in 1962 with the release of Dr. No . He married Anne Rothermere in 1952. His story about a magical car, written in 1961 for their only son Caspar, went on to become the well- loved novel and film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . Fleming died of heart failure on August 12, 1964, at the age of fifty-six. ϡ쯦랠 British Secret Agent James Bond Is Lured Into A Trap Using The Beautiful Russian Spy Tatiana Romanova As Bait. She's Asked For Passage To Paris With Bond As Her Chaperone In Exchange For A Top Secret Decoding Machine. To Survive The Train Ride From Istanbul, 007 Will Need To Keep His Wits About Him And His Beretta Close At Hand, Dealing With Smersh's Deadliest Assassin And Their Operations Chief, Rosa Klebb. Ian Fleming. Originally Published: London: Jonathan Cape In 1957. 007--cover. Every major foreign government organization has a file on British secret agent James Bond. Now, Russia's lethal SMERSH organization has targeted him for elimination. SMERSH has the perfect bait in the irresistible Tatiana Romanova, who lures 007 to Istanbul promising the top-secret Spektor cipher machine. But when Bond walks willingly into the trap, a game of cross and double-cross ensues, with Bond both the stakes and the prize