Ashenden: Or the British Agent
by William Somerset Maughamliterary work· published 1928
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Ashenden: Or the British Agent is a 1927 collection of loosely linked stories by W. Somerset Maugham. It is partly based on the author's experience as a member of British Intelligence in Europe during the First World War. During the First World War, a writer named Ashenden, referenced only by his surname, is enlisted as an agent through threats and promises by "R", a Colonel with British Intelligence. He is sent to Switzerland where he becomes involved in a number of counter-intelligence operations; these he accomplishes by means of persuasion, bribery, blackmail or coincidence. He does not use a weapon. In one, he accompanies a man called the Hairless Mexican to Italy, where they are to intercept important papers carried by an arriving Greek agent of the Germans.
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Ashenden: Or the British Agent was adapted into a 1991 television series.
Ashenden1991 · television series · 220 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7Four-part drama about a writer recruited into espionage work by British intelligence during the First World War. Based on the writings of Somerset Maugham.