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Out now on Spybrary! @monstroso Charlie Higson, author of the latest #JamesBond novel On His Majesty's Secret Service, shares his unique perspective on modernising the iconic agent and explains why the paperback edition, which is out on June 6th, has revised text. Watch:
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Remembering Sir Alec Guinness born #OTD in 1914. Who else is a fan of his work as George Smiley? #siralecguinness #spybrary
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A great spy book and I absolutely love this cover!! Who else is a fan of #LenDeighton ? #spybrary
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Who else if a fan of Berlin Game by Len Deighton? #spybrary #lendeighton
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Todays espionage giggle.
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Very sad news. RIP Mr Jayston.
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Billionaire businessman flies into space. Let’s hope we don’t need @sirrogermoore
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Ok if Musk single-handedly sinks Twitter we are back to using chalk marks ok! #spybrary #tradecraft
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I have been fascinated with Kim Philby and the Cambridge spies for longer than I care to remember. So to interview his granddaughter, the author and journalist Charlotte Philby on a panel at the @EalingBookFest is absolutely mind blowing. Stil pinching myself. More pics etc
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Before starting #Spybrary I naively assumed all #authors received tons of marketing help from their publishers, I have since learned that is very rarely the case. Ironically it’s those big names who least need the marketing help that actually get it. To all you authors out
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Happy Birthday to #JamesBond creator #IanFleming what is your favourite 007 novel? #Spybrary
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David Cornwell, the British spy better known to the world under his pen name #JohnleCarr é, reveals secrets of his extraordinary life in a documentary directed by nonfiction filmmaking legend Errol Morris.
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Happy 94th birthday to my favourite author and the man who’s work inspired me to start #Spybrary - Mr Len Deighton. #lendeighton
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Spy author @CharlesCumming is a class act. I bumped into him on Chiswick High St this morning and even though he was out with his young son, he took the time to chat with me. I am happy to report that he is hard at work on the third installment of his Lachlan Kite series.!
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Delighted to get my hands on a first edition (US) of Kim Philby’s autobiography billed as ‘The Soviet Master Agent Tells His Own Story’ approved by the KGB of course. #ColdWar #KGB #kimphilby
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What is everyone reading this week?
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Len is often at his best when describing Berlin! Who else is a fan of Len Deighton? #Berlin #spybrary #thrillerbooks
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Who can name the spy movie this location featured in? #spyfilms #spymovies
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Would you attend an in person event featuring spy writers? I have observed that spy writers tend to get tacked on to crime events and festivals. There is nothing wrong with that but I wonder if there is a desire for a spy only event? Let me know.
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Whose funeral is it? Yours! Poor Strutter! Loved this 007 movie when I was a kid, who I am kidding I still love it. #JamesBond #NewOrleans who else is a fan of #Liveandletdie
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Isn’t it great that there are still book covers out there which are new to us? I have not seen this cover before. (Local library book sale). What’s your favourite #JohnleCarr è book cover? #Spybrary #BookCover
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Charles spent two decades working undercover for #MI6 and I am pleased to report that his book is a must buy for those of us who prefer the more realistic yet thrilling spy novel. More books please @Cb20226 My review in the first reply. #Spybrary #thrillerbooks
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What a wonderful surprise to be featured in @RadioTimes today. Love the term 'espionage as entertainment', whoever wrote this I owe you drinks at Blades.
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Signed on the back by my favourite #JamesBond @sirrogermoore (see first reply). What’s your favourite piece of 007 memorabilia?
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How exciting! A new George Smiley book will be with us in October written by #johnlecarre ’s son @Harkaway
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Here are my top 5 spy thrillers published in 2023! How many have you read? @isberryauthor @paulvidich @CharlesCumming @Cb20226 @mccloskeybooks
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Dropped off a few exclusive Spybrary bookmarks at the spy table at Waterstones Piccadilly. #spybrary
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On Her Majesty’s Not So Secret Service. Thanks @lazenbyofficial from your fans at #Spybrary . #JamesBond
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What’s everyone reading this weekend? I loved my re read of Ashenden and am now reading this travel/history book, not espionage related but fans of #ColdWar history nerds may enjoy it. #books #spybrary
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Spy fans, agree or disagree? #LenDeighton #spybrary
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An absolute honour that Slow Horses creator Mick Herron and author @simongconway attended our #Spybrary meetup last night. I thanked them both on your behalf for all their hard work in keeping us entertained. Here’s to many more books (and TV) from them!! #MickHerron #SlowHorses
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I cannot wait for @mccloskeybooks second novel. It comes out in October and he is teasing us with this epic looking cover!!!
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Flying to Berlin today, hopefully Werner and Bernie are waiting at the airport for me. #LenDeighton
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Spotted by a listener. The #Stasi barbers where they know what cut you want and where you went on holiday.. despite it being your first visit.
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Todays giggle.
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Hot off the press! @isberryauthor shares her reaction to winning the prestigious Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author. Read more: #spybrary #Edgars2024
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Lots of spy history @IsokonGallery Bauhaus Lawn Rd Flats. Once the home of Kim Philby’s recruiter Arnold Deutsch and even Agatha Christie. Well worth a visit. #bauhaus #isokon #spybrary
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Blimey, I will be appearing on BBC World news talking spies at 6.45pm tonight!
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‘There’s more to life than books you know, but not much more’ My favourite spy series and the inspiration to start the Spybrary Podcast. #LenDeighton #Spybrary
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Today I paid my respects to Chris Gueffroy The last person to be shot and killed at the #berlinwall . RIP
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Always good to see #LenDeighton books on the shelves at @Foyles
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Iconic #GDR location on Karl Marx Allee. Also the location for the final scenes in The Lives of Others. #twitterstorians #coldwarhist
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This is the best spy book published in 2023 that I have read so far! On Monday, I am chatting with author @isberryauthor on the Spybrary Podcast- submit your questions below, and I will do my best to get to them. #Spybrary by spy fans for spy fans.
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This week the best (for me!) spy writer #LenDeighton celebrated his 95th birthday. So my gift to Len is actually cooking one of his recipes from the Action Cook Book! Beef bourguignon for tea! Who else has this book and has not cooked any recipes from it?
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****SPYBRARY LONDON MEETUP ANNOUNCED**** details below, this will take place after the @simongconway and #MickHerron event hosted by our friends at @WaterstonesTraf Who is in? #Spybrary
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‘In his latest Slough House novel, the spy thriller writer proves himself a modern rival to Ian Fleming and John le Carré’ #MickHerron #SlowHorses
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As Kim Philby’s mate Nicholas Elliott once said, never judge a man by his umbrella! Great to be back in Scotland, #Spybrary drinks tonight, 7pm Cafe Royal! All welcome.
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What’s everyone reading this weekend? I am loving this one by I.S. Barry! If you prefer your spies to use their guile and wits rather than shooters and yeti coffee mugs then this is for you! The author spent six years as an operations officer for the CIA, serving in wartime
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What is everyone reading this weekend? I am half way through The Secret Hours by Mick Herron. Highly recommend. #spybrary #MickHerron
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I usually love reading on London-NYC flights but this @BerlinStation on @Delta in flight entertainment. Loved it!!! #berlinstation #spy
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‘I spy a good read’ some good uns at Waterstones Piccadilly. @WaterstonesPicc #spybrary #spybooks
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Hell of a photo this: Allbeury, Frederick Forsyth, Gardner, Julian Symons, Miles Tripp, Gavin Lyall and Kingsley Amis). [Middle row:] John Le Carré, Eric Ambler and Lionel Davidson. [Front row:] Anthony Price, H.R.F. (Harry) Keating and Len Deighton.
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Today I carried out a mercy mission all Spybrarians would be proud of. Neighbour has read the first Slow Horses book but said he was making a start on London Rules because that was the only other Herron in the library! #slowhorses #mickherron
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Todays epic spy book find! Written by Peter Wright of Spycatcher fame. #spybrary #spies #MI5
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Devastated to read this in Goldfinger! I thought 007 always had impeccable taste. ‘I don’t drink tea. I hate it. It’s mud. Moreover it’s one of the main reasons for the downfall of the British Empire.’ #JamesBond #tea
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Goodbye DDR -Mielke and Freedom, very insightful documentary on the GDR and Stasi. German produced but some kind soul has added English translation subtitles. Well worth a watch @DeightonDossier @mcrmilhist @DDROnline @HistoryNed
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Who is your favourite M? #JamesBond
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Len Deighton turns 91 tomorrow. Here is a tribute piece @JeremyDuns wrote about #lendeighton a few years ago. Happy birthday, Len Deighton: we need you now more than ever.
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A very special #Spybrary lunch took place today at @sterminshotel . I never ever thought when I pressed record on the first ever Spybrary episode that I would lunch with such legends as @CharlesCumming @ShippersUnbound @AdamBrookesWord and intelligence historian and former MP
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This building served as the #KGB station in Dresden where one Vladimir Putin used to work. If only walls could talk. #putin #dresden
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Stasi Chief Erich Mielke’s office in Normannenstrasse.this place never gets boring for a spy/cold war geek.
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Random book Spynes from my #Spybrary to yours. Now your turn :-) #spybooks
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If you are in Berlin and like #Coldwar history you absolutely must visit the Everyday Life in the #GDR exhibition at the Kulturbrauerei.
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Reorganizing the #Spybrary . Need to add the Deightons next week and then assemble in publication order. Lockdown weekends. Lots of @foliosociety love here. #johnlecarre #ianfleming
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Where else would three spy fans meet for lunch? #spy #spybrary
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Unlike the suave and debonair James Bond, Harry Palmer brings a gritty, realistic edge to the spy genre, challenging traditional spy representations with his working-class cunning. Watch Section F decode #FuneralinBerlin today! Are you a fan of FiB?
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Morpeth Arms opposite MI6, having a drink under the watchful eye of Kim Philby. #spies #spy #kimphilby
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I might have stashed a few exclusive #spybrary bookmarks in Foyles today….
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Chatting espionage with Damian Lewis. He has written a song about #spies titled ‘Never Judge a Man by his Umbrella’ which was the title of a book penned by Nicholas Elliot. Damian played Elliot in Spy Among Friends! #spybrary
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Happy Birthday to Mike Ripley, author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, essential reading for British spy thriller enthusiasts. Who else has this one? #thrillerbooks #spybrary
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Attention #spy thriller fans! Do you want to discover the best spy writers of all time? Look no further than #Spybrary 's list of the top 125 #authors , curated by none other than Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound of the Sunday Times. Get insider recommendations on which books to
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Feeling a bit lost while trying to choose your first John le Carré novel? Trust me, you're not alone. The sight of bookshelves brimming with #JohnleCarr é 's works can be daunting for a newbie. But don't worry, we've got you covered with our #Spybrary Firsts' curated list of spy
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What an honour to interview an MP who is also a big fan of Len Deighton at the House of Commons today. Interview coming soon on #Spybrary #LenDeighton
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I must have missed the chapter in Legacy of Spies where Peter Guillam opens a coffee shop in South Kensington. Mind you, I don’t like the look of the scalphunter lurking outside.… #johnlecarre
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We wipe away the tears and talk about the legacy of Sir Roger Moore on the Spybrary Podcast #podcast #PodernFamily
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What a lovely surprise in the dead drop today. Thank you @isberryauthor !! #spybrary
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Seen in Berlin this week. If Erich Honecker wasn’t Dead this would have finished him!!! #gdr #coldwarhist
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Who else is excited for this one in 2022? Based on the @BenMacintyre1 book. Guy Pearce as Kim Phiby and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott. #spies
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This week I finished The Real Special Relationship written by @MickWSmith It’s a cracking read and I learned a great deal. Michael has kindly agreed to come and share more on Spybrary but let me say this, Michael writes espionage history in a very accessible fashion. This is no
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Excellent tradecraft Mr Nighy!- I do this very thing so I don’t have to be social with people whilst enjoying a cuppa and a read. #billnighy #spybrary
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Mark of a good #spybook ? Being late for work because I wanted to see how the end of @CharlesCumming JUDAS 62 played out! I thoroughly enjoyed Charles's latest in the Lachlan Kyte series. Who else is a fan? #charlescumming
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A question to #Spybrary followers, how many of you also read political non fiction books? I am thinking autobiographies, bio, policy, political history/ diaries etc? I am researching an idea I had recently. Thanks in advance.
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You can now grab a free copy of Tim's top 125 spy writers list -ranked! This is the 'skinny' version which includes a scannable list with a suggestion from @ShippersUnbound on where to start and which #spybook is his favorite.
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Apparently, it's Spybrary's 007th anniversary on Twitter. Gratitude to all of you who follow and repost our material and a big thanks to those of you who post epic spy/history content here. I learn so much from all of you. #MyXAnniversary
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He is not for everyone but if you like gritty, more realistic spy novels than you can’t go wrong with #johnlecarre Here are some of my favourites of his. #spybrary
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Happy Easter to our followers who celebrate it.
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Wow, over 7k followers for #Spybrary - truly humbled by the support! 🙏 I make an effort to follow back whenever possible, though I steer clear of religious, political and crypto nutters! Life's too short for that kind of drama! Cheers to all! 🥂
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Who else buys books thinking that, I will read this one when I retire, next to a roaring fire and a good glass of malt?! To read all the books I am buying I am going to have to live to at least 200!!
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From the Christmas edition of Private Eye. #johnlecarre #privateeye #spybrary
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Happy 90th Birthday @themichaelcaine - what’s your favourite Michael Caine movie? (Doesn’t have to be spy) #MichaelCaine
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Need a stiff drink before my annual appraisal with Harry Pearce. #MI5 #spooks #spies
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Mick Herron: I’m starting to think about how to end Slow Horses written by the @thetimes @ShippersUnbound #slowhorses #mickherron #spybrary
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Cause Len’s on sale again. Love these new @PenguinClassics Len Deighton novels. #LenDeighton #spybooks #spybrary
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