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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972385603321

Autore

West Nigel

Titolo

Historical dictionary of Ian Fleming's world of intelligence : fact and fiction / / Nigel West

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2009

ISBN

979-82-16-42169-6

1-282-48018-9

9786612480188

0-8108-6321-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Historical dictionaries of intelligence and counterintelligence ; ; 12

Classificazione

HN 3385

Disciplina

823/.914

Soggetti

Espionage

LITERARY CRITICISM - European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Spies

Espionage - History - 20th century

Biographies.

Bibliographies.

Dictionaries.

History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff); Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Historical Dictionary of Ian FlemingOs World of Intelligence: Fact and Fiction includes hundreds of dictionary entries on actual cases of espionage, real-life spies, MI5, SIS, CIA, and KGB, as well as on the short stories and novels that define one of the most extraordinary fictional characters of all time.