The Diamond Smugglers.
FLEMING, Ian.
The Diamond Smugglers.
"The fantastic but true story of the world's greatest racket": First Pan Paperback edition of Ian Fleming's the diamond smugglers; singed by Sean Connery
London: Pan Books Ltd, 1960.
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First Pan paperback edition of the thrilling true story behind one of the greatest spy operations in history. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers, illustrated. Signed by Sean Connery on the front panel. Connery played 007 in the seventh Bond Film, Diamonds Are Forever in 1971, the story of which had Bond a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring and soon uncovering a plot by his old enemy Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. In near fine condition.
In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a break 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. Every year, a shadowy band of racketeers pirated a fortune in diamonds out of Africa, and the majority of the stolen gems wound up in the hands of Communist nations. In response, the IDSO commissioned a private army, led by legendary British spymaster Sir Percy Sillitoe, to penetrate and topple the ring. And when the operation was complete, the Sunday Times gave the story to Fleming, who had impressed Sillitoe with his 1956 Bond adventure Diamonds Are Forever.
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