Tells the story of an operation responsible for smuggling millions of pounds worth of precious gems out of Africa. In this title, the author drew on interviews with the reluctant hero of the diamond companies' counter-attack to explore the world of the real master criminals of his time.[...]

Ian Fleming's world travels, interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. Originally published in 1957, this edition restores the original observations, maps, and language used at that time. In 1957, as the Cold War raged, Ian Fleming took a re[...]