Double Agent by John Bingham (3 results)
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Published by Panther, 1969
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Invisible Books, Brighton, United KingdomInvisible Books
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. First paperback printing. Light wear to cover, spine very lightly creased.
Language: German
Published by Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1972
- Softcover
Seller: BOUQUINIST, München, BY, GermanyBOUQUINIST
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Condition: Gut. 4. Auflage. 27,6. - 32,5. Tausend. 139 (3) Seiten. Umschlagentwurf: Katrin Mack. Guter Zustand. Seiten papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Die Zelle ist völlig dunkel. Die Zeit steht still. Kein Laut dringt von draußen herein, nur hin und wieder gedämpfter Marschtritt: die Wachablösung. Eingesperrt. Lebendig begraben.… Sie haben nicht einmal den britischen Konsul verständigt. Am schlimmsten ist die Dunkelheit. Wenn man zur Klaustrophobie neigt, zu jener krankhaften, mit Willenskraft allein nicht bezähmbaren Angst vor dem Eingesperrtsein in Enge und Dunkelheit. Die Verhöre werden zum Lichtblick, im wahren Sinn des Wortes: Im Büro des KGB-Offiziers ist es hell. Wie kommt ein ganz gewöhnlicher englischer Textilvertreter in ein russisches Gefängnis? Beim Secret Service hat man ihn nicht dazu überredet, Agent zu werden - Doppelagent, genauer; sein Kontakt mit den Beamten des Geheimdienstes kam ja dadurch zustande, dass er ihnen berichtete, wie er in Moskau erpresst worden war und versprochen hatte, Material zu liefern - Gesellschaftsklatsch, Skandalgeschichten; harmlose Informationen im Grunde. Und dann hat er sich dem Secret Service angeboten. Ja, von ihm selbst ist es ausgegangen. Und der Secret Service hat zugegriffen, um ihn als Köder zu benutzen: Eine neue Informationsquelle in Moskau kann nicht angezapft werden, weil man in London einen Verräter in den eigenen Reihen vermutet, der erst unschädlich gemacht werden muss. Und jetzt ist der Köder also geschluckt worden. Aber warum? Warum hat er sich dazu hergegeben? Aus Patriotismus? Aus Abenteuerlust? Nein. Reginald Sugden, Textilvertreter und Doppelagent, ist auf der Flucht vor sich selbst, vor seiner Vergangenheit und seinen Erinnerungen. - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris (3 November 1908 6 August 1988) was a one time MI5 counterspy and an English novelist who published 17 thrillers, detective novels, and spy novels. Personal life: Bingham was the son of Arthur Bingham, 6th Baron Clanmorris, and Mowbray Leila Cloete. He was educated at Cheltenham College, and married Madeleine Mary Ebel, daughter of Clement Ebel, on 28 July 1934. His wife worked for the security services and was a playwright and biographer. Bingham fought in the Second World War with the Royal Engineers, and was attached to the General Staff. He succeeded as 7th Baron Clanmorris on 24 June 1960. Background: During the Second World War and for two decades after 1950, Bingham worked for MI5, and had long been said to be the inspiration for John le Carré's character George Smiley. In 1999, le Carré confirmed that Bingham had been an inspiration for Smiley and went further in 2000, writing in an introduction to a reissue of one of Bingham's novels: "He had been one of two men who had gone into the making of George Smiley. Nobody who knew John and the work he was doing could have missed the description of Smiley in my first novel". John le Carré wrote that Bingham encouraged him to write his first novel, Call for the Dead (1961), and to remain an active MI5 officer whilst doing so; and in a BBC Radio Front Row interview in 2009, said that Bingham's successful thriller novels, published when the two men worked together at MI5 in the 1950s, inspired him to write his first two books. Jack King speculation: In February 2014, MI5 released files at the National Archives on the "Fifth Column" operation, which aimed to identify British Nazi sympathizers during the Second World War. Some newspapers named Bingham as the agent, known as "Jack King", at the heart of the operation, but the release of more files in October 2014 corrected this, and named the agent as Eric Roberts, a former bank clerk from Epsom. Bingham was recruited into MI5 by Maxwell Knight to work in the counter-intelligence and political infiltration-based M Section. He had volunteered to serve in the army, but a sight defect prevented him from serving in the field. Prior to his service in MI5, Bingham had been the art editor of the Sunday Dispatch. Bingham's first novel, My Name Is Michael Sibley (1952), was unusual for its time in suggesting that the British police might not always play fairly. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 100 Taschenbuch. Kartoniert. Laminiert. Glanzfolienkaschierung.
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Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1966
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- First Edition
Seller: The Swift Bookstore, Peterlee, United KingdomThe Swift Bookstore
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK Delivery in 1-3 working days. 1966. 1st Edition, 1st Impression. Tight, firm very lightly used copy. Unclipped jacket is bright with dulled spine,some indentations & a few small tears. Boards are in very good condition being clean with sharp corners. The ve…ry slightly tanned pages have been very gently used so are in very good condition being crisp, clean & inscription/annotation/crease free, although dust stained top edge. A very nice little used clean sound example of this sought after 1st Edition. If you have any queries please contact us. We endeavour to send orders as quickly as possible & in most cases are sent by first available post 6 days a week.
