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Spy Cities: Geneva

Geneva: The Early Days of Spy Fiction. Somerset Maugham, the 20th century British writer, drew on his First World War experiences as a British agent in Geneva when he created one of the early heroes of espionage fiction - Ashenden. We travel in his footsteps in the company of a former British intelligence officer. For further background on this and all episodes of Spy Cities please check out https://www.spycities.com/Episodes We’d love to hear your feedback. Please drop us a message - coded or not - to Control@spycities.com’ This has been a Chatterbox Audio Production https://chatterboxaudio.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Geneva: The Early Days of Spy Fiction.


Somerset Maugham, the 20th century British writer, drew on his First World War experiences as a British agent in Geneva when he created one of the early heroes of espionage fiction - Ashenden. We travel in his footsteps in the company of a former British intelligence officer.


For further background on this and all episodes of Spy Cities please check out https://www.spycities.com/Episodes


We’d love to hear your feedback. Please drop us a message - coded or not - to Control@spycities.com’


This has been a Chatterbox Audio Production https://chatterboxaudio.com/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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