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Fictional Secret Agents And Spies
This is a list of fictional secret agents . Books *Alec Leamas in John le Carré's ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' *Alex Rider (character), Alex Rider, young "informal" MI6 agent in Anthony Horowitz's ''Alex Rider'' series. The series also includes List of Alex Rider characters#Alan Blunt, Alan Blunt, head of MI6 Special Operations *Ali Imran in the Imran series, ''Imran'' series *Basil Argyros (fictional character), Basil Argyros in the Harry Turtledove short story series collected in ''Agent of Byzanium'' *Basil St. Florian, the main protagonist of Stephen Hunter's 2021 novel ''Basil's War'' *Blackford Oakes is a Central Intelligence Agency officer, espionage, spy and the protagonist of a series of novels written by William F. Buckley *Carl Hamilton (fictional character), Carl Hamilton, Swedish secret agent from the Books of Jan Guillou *Daniel Marchant, MI6 agent in ''Dead Spy Running'' and ''Games Traitors Play'' by Jon Stock *David Shirazi in Joel C. Rosenberg's ''The T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' is a 1963 Cold War spy fiction, spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a United Kingdom, British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux Defection, defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels ''Call for the Dead'' and ''A Murder of Quality'', which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organisation, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam. ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' portrays Western espionage methods as morally inconsistent with Liberal democracy, Western democracy and values. The novel received critical acclaim at the time of its publication and became an international best-seller; it was selected as one of the ''Time's List of the 100 Best Novels, All-Time 100 Novels'' by ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine. In 1965, Martin Ritt directed a The Spy Who Came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Traitors Play
''Dead Spy Running'' is a 2009 spy novel by Jon Stock. Plot When suspended MI6 agent Daniel Marchant participates in the London Marathon he discovers a suicide bomber among the other runners. As Marchant eventually figures out the very man is determined to commit a terrorist attack against the US-American Embassy. Marchant foils the attempt and saves the US-American ambassador. Unfortunately his good deed backfires for him because the United States Secret Service finds it all too unlikely that he got entangled in this matter only by coincidence. They have him arrested and interrogated for suspect of collaborationism with anti-western terrorist groups. After his jailbreak western secret services chase Marchant around the world. Book deal In July 2008 Stock signed a three book deal, with Blue Door, a new HarperCollins imprint. ''Dead Spy Running'' the very first book in the trilogy was published in July 2009. Sequels The sequel of the novel is ''Games Traitors Play'' publish on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum (May 25, 1927 – March 12, 2001) was an American author of 27 Thriller (genre), thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original ''Bourne (novel series), The Bourne Trilogy'' series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd. Life and career Early life and education Ludlum was born in New York City, the son of Margaret (née Wadsworth) and George Hartford Ludlum. He was educated at the Rectory School then Cheshire Academy and Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he earned a B.A. in Drama in 1951. Career Prior to becoming an author, he had been a United States Marine, a theatrical actor and producer. In the 1950s, he produced shows at the Grant Lee theater in Fort Lee, New Jersey. From 1960 to 1970, he managed and produced show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ambler Warning
''The Ambler Warning'' is a Robert Ludlum spy thriller set in part on Parrish Island, a restricted island off the coast of Virginia. Left as an incomplete manuscript by Ludlum's death in 2001, the author's estate hired an author and an editor to finalize the manuscript for publication in October 2005. Early sales placed it on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list within a month of its release. Plot introduction Inside a little-known and seldom visited psychiatric facility, Parrish Island, the government stores former intelligence employees whose psychiatric state make them a danger to their own government; people whose ramblings might endanger ongoing operations or prove dangerously inconvenient. Plot summary Hal Ambler, a former Consular Operations agent in the Political Stabilization Unit, is kept heavily medicated and closely watched in a psychiatric facility just off the US coast. However, Ambler is unique amongst the other patients in the Parrish Island psychiatric facil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 193112 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré ( ), was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen. Le Carré's third novel, ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' (1963), became an international best-seller, was adapted as an award-winning film, and remains one of his best-known works. This success allowed him to leave MI6 to become a full-time author. His other novels that have been adapted for film or television include '' The Looking Glass War'' (1965), '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (1974), '' Smiley's People'' (1979), '' The Little Drummer Girl'' (1983), '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Smiley
George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is a career intelligence officer with " The Circus", the British overseas intelligence agency. He is a central character in the novels '' Call for the Dead'', '' A Murder of Quality'', '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', '' The Honourable Schoolboy'', '' Smiley's People'' and '' Karla's Choice'', and a supporting character in '' The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'', '' The Looking Glass War'', '' The Secret Pilgrim'' and '' A Legacy of Spies''. The character has also appeared in a number of film, television, and radio adaptations of le Carré's books. Le Carré created Smiley as an intentional contrast to James Bond, a character who he believed depicted an inaccurate and damaging version of espionage. Short, overweight, balding, and bespectacled, Smiley is polite and self-effacing and frequently allows others to mistreat him, including his serially unfaithful wife; these traits mask his inner cunning, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Gilman
Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young government men like James Bond and the spies of John le Carré and Graham Greene, Emily Pollifax, her heroine, became a spy in her 60s and is very likely the only spy in literature to belong simultaneously to the CIA and the local garden club. Biography Dorothy Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to minister James Bruce and Essa (Starkweather) Gilman. She started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10- to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Planning to write and illustrate books for children, she attended Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1940 to 1945.''New Moon: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams'', 14.4 (March–April 2007): 49(1) She married teacher Edgar A. Butters, Jr. Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Pollifax
Mrs. Emily Pollifax is the heroine of a series of spy- mystery novels by Dorothy Gilman. Character overview Mrs. Pollifax is a widow and senior citizen who decides one day to leave her comfortable apartment in New Brunswick, New Jersey and join the CIA. Through an initial misunderstanding, Mrs. Pollifax is given what is supposed to be a simple courier assignment by Operations Chief, Mr. Carstairs, and her ensuing adventure leads her to a career in espionage. The Emily Pollifax novels frequently employ comic relief and suspense. A consistent theme throughout the series is Mrs. Pollifax's tendency to take an interest in people who seem disconnected with her mission, but who either become part of the investigation and/or who prove to be of invaluable assistance to resolving the case. Recurring characters include Bishop, Carstairs' assistant; John Sebastian Farrell, an agent turned art dealer; and in later books, Cyrus Reed, a man with whom Mrs. Pollifax finds romance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqueline Winspear
Jacqueline Winspear (born 30 April 1955) is a mystery writer, author of the '' Maisie Dobbs'' series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series. Personal life and career Winspear was born on 30 April 1955 and raised in Cranbrook, in Kent. She was educated at the University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...'s Institute of Education and then worked in academic publishing, higher education and in marketing communications. She emigrated to the United States in 1990. Winspear stated that her childhood awareness of her grandfather's suffering in World War I led to an interest in that period. Maisie Dobbs series Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who untangles painful and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chingiz Abdullayev
Chingiz Akif oğlu Abdullayev (; born 7 April 1959 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers. Early life Originating from a family of intellectuals with roots in the Agdam region of Karabakh, Chingiz Abdullayev embarked on his educational journey at Baku School No. 189, concluding in 1976. Following this, Abdullayev engaged in advanced studies at the Law Faculty of Azerbaijan State University, culminating in his graduation in 1981. In the ensuing period, he secured a position at a production association located in Baku, ascending through the hierarchical structure to attain the roles of senior counselor and department head. Throughout his illustrious career, Abdullayev partook in business expeditions spanning Asia, Africa, and Europe. Within his native city of Baku, he fulfilled various roles, including serving as the department head in the Executive Committee of the Azizbeyov district, as an instructor for the organizational department o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Matthews (novelist)
Jason Matthews (September 17, 1951 – April 28, 2021) was an American author of espionage novels and former CIA officer, best known for the ''Red Sparrow'' spy novel trilogy. Biography Matthews was born September 17, 1951, in Hartford, Connecticut. He worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for three decades, where he met his wife, Suzanne, also a former CIA officer. He died April 28, 2021 at the age of 69 from corticobasal degeneration. Career Prior to becoming a novelist, Matthews spent 33 years working for the CIA. While in the CIA he was officially a diplomat, in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, but his real job was recruiting and then managing foreign agents. In 2014, his first novel, ''Red Sparrow'' (2013), won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American author. Writer and critic Art Taylor praised it in ''The Washington Post'', writing that it "isn't just a fast-paced thriller—it's a first-rate novel as noteworthy for its superior style as for its grippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sparrow (novel)
''Red Sparrow'' is a novel written by Jason Matthews, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative, published by Scribner on June 4, 2013. The book describes the mundane aspects of the intelligence field, the techniques it employs, and Red Sparrow's unique ability to discern the nature of people by seeing their emotions in colors (through synesthesia). Synopsis Dominika Egorova, or "Red Sparrow", is a former Russian ballerina who is forced by her uncle (Colonel Egorov) to undergo espionage training for the Russian government at the Sparrow School, where people are trained to seduce their targets. Other key figures are Marble, a Russian double agent who provides intelligence to the CIA, and Nate Nash, a CIA internal-ops officer who recruits and handles intelligence assets for the agency. Each chapter in the book, as well as its two sequels, includes a reference to a specific prepared food, and ends with a recipe for it. Reception James Burridge and Michael Bradford, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |