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Ashenden

  • William Somerset Maugham

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THE GREATEST SPY IN THE HISTORY OF FICTION!

ASHENDEN is one of the two or three greatest spy stories ever written. W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM, himself a former British Operative, based this novel on his own real life experiences. Here is his daily life — and daily deaths, the dangerous men and subtle women, the mysterious rendezvous, the chance encounters, and the grim reality and glamorous facade of international espionage.

Genres

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Fiction
  • Open Library Staff Picks
  • World War, 1914-1918 in fiction
  • Littérature anglaise
  • English fiction
  • World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746
  • Warfare
  • Modern Literature
  • Fiction, general
  • British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • Fiction, thrillers, espionage
  • World war, 1914-1918, fiction
  • Large type books
  • Fiction, war & military
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About the author

  • William Somerset Maugham

    25 January 1874 - 16 December 1965

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    85 ratings · 1289 works

Editions

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    Standard Ebooks

    2023

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    Avon Books, New York

    1964-01-01

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    Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Debolsillo)

    2005

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    Vintage UK

    Aug 27, 2000

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Tenth Avon Printing

Avon Books

1966

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    Doubleday, Doran

    1941

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    Heinemann, Heinemann Educ.

    1965

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    Avon Books

    1966

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    Unabridged edition

    ISIS Audio Books, ISIS Publishing

    October 1990

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    Heinemann

    1965

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    Doubleday

    1941

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    Amereon Limited

    June 1940

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    Heron Books

    1968

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    1955

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    1967

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    doubleday, doran and company, inc

    1941

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    doubleday, doran and company

    1941

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    heron books, london

    1968

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    W. Heinemann, ltd.

    1928

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    Vertvolta Press

    2024

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    Vertvolta Press

    2024

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    Independently Published

    2021

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    Independently Published

    2021

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    Impress/Reader's Digest

    2006-01-01

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    Doubleday, Doran & Co

    1928-01-01

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    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    Penguin Random House

    2009

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    ImPress

    2006

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    Transaction large print ed.

    Transaction Publishers

    2010

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    Avon Books

    1966

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    Shakespeare House

    1951

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    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    November 17, 1977

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    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    April 30, 1976

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    1st ed. --

    Doubleday, Doran & Gundy

    1928

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    Largeprint edition

    Guild Large Print Books (UK)

    March 1992

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    Heron Books.

    1968

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    Arno Press

    1977

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    Heinemann

    1928

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    Books for Libraries Press

    1971

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    Heinemann

    1965

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    Heinemann

    1928

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    Random House Group Limited

    2009

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    Reprint edition

    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    November 17, 1977

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    Penguin (Non-Classics)

    April 30, 1976

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    Doubleday, Doran

    1941

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    Heinemann

    1961

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    Largeprint edition

    Transaction Publishers

    May 2003

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    Mandarin

    1991