The Diamond Smugglers
The True Story of an International Crime Ring and Its Downfall, Told by the Creator of James Bond (Large Print)
$50.60
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2025
Summary
THE TRUE STORY OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIME RING AND ITS DOWNFALL
In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a respite from writing James Bond to craft a work of nonfiction every bit as tense as a Bond adventure. Aided by an ex-MI5 agent and International Diamond Security Organization operative going by the alias “John Blaize,” Fleming chronicled the IDSO’s infiltration of the “million-carat network”―the world’s most notorious diamond smuggling ring.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780063445734 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0063445735 |
| Author: | Ian Fleming |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Collins |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 152mm x 226mm |
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Critics Review
“It is often difficult to remember that we are not listening to his old hero Mr. James Bond…Several yarns are worthy of the best spy-stories.” - Observer
“An exciting and richly fascinating account.” - Sunday Times
“Fleming not only had a gift for gripping plots, but an abundantly moreish prose style with pin-sharp descriptions.” - Daily Telegraph
“Fleming’s books are well-written, pacy, and hard-edged.” - Lee Child, Daily Mail
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London in 1908. His first job was at Reuters news agency, after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker before working in Naval Intelligence during World War Two.
His first novel, Casino Royale, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to write thirteen other Bond books, as well as two works of nonfiction and the children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Bond books earned praise from figures such as Raymond Chandler, who called Fleming “the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England,” and President Kennedy, who named From Russia with Love as one of his favorite books.
The books inspired a hugely successful series of film adaptations that began in 1962 with the release of Dr. No.
He was married to Ann O’Neill, with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964.
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