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From Russia with Love

A James Bond Adventure

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From Russia with Love

By: Ian Fleming
Narrated by: Mark Gatiss
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JAMES BOND GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SMERSH IN A BID TO SECURE A KEY PIECE OF SOVIET INTELLIGENCE

SMERSH, the Russian intelligence unit whose acronym stands for “Death to Spies,” is hell-bent on destroying Special Agent James Bond.

His death would deal a catastrophic hammer blow to the heart of the British Secret Service.

The lure? A beautiful woman who needs 007’s help. Tatiana Romanova is a Russian spy who promises to hand over the prized Spektor decoding machine if Bond aids her defection. Bond suspects a trap but can’t resist the opportunity to give the British the upper hand in a chilling new front of the Cold War.

So begins a deadly game of bluff and double bluff, with Bond a marked man as he enters the murky world of Balkan espionage.

©1957 Ian Fleming Publications Ltd (P)2025 Ian Fleming Publications
Action & Adventure Classics Espionage Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense World Literature Russia Soviet Union Cold War

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Listening to Mark Gatiss was a true joy, especially how he managed the various languages and accents. The story itself didn't impress me nearly as much, and Bond not nearly as clever as he's in the films.

Mark Gatiss' reading is superb

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Brilliant narration from Mark but as this was my first Ian Fleming book (like many I only know his work via films) I thought the story was weak and didn’t make Bond out to be that good. Then again thinking about when it was written the idea that a meeting a beautiful women was enough for you to lose all sense of what’s right/wrong seems now to be old fashioned now.

Great narration

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The best Bond novel in the series (in book chronicle order) so far. I can if you saw the film it is full of tension and well written. I believe that it was John F Kennedy’s favourite too. Bond really comes alive here and Ian Fleming has written perhaps his best Bond novel also.
I recommend anyone to read or listen to them in order as I am doing. Very rewarding and well narrated.

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