Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The IPCRESS File.[1]

Leonard Cyril Deighton (born February 18, 1929, Marylebone, London) is a British historian and author of spy fiction and historical novels. Image File history File links Len_Deighton_and_Michael_Caine_Ipcress_File. ... Image File history File links Len_Deighton_and_Michael_Caine_Ipcress_File. ... The Ipcress File is a 1965 film adaptation of the spy novel of the same name by Len Deighton. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... An author is any person(s) or entity(s) that originates and assumes responsibility for an expression or communication. ... The genre of spy fiction — sometimes called political thriller or spy thriller or sometimes shortened simply to Spy-fi — arose before World War I at about the same time that the first modern intelligence agencies were formed. ... A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author. ...

Several of his novels have been adapted as films. His first four novels featured an anonymous anti-hero, named "Harry Palmer" in the films, and portrayed by Michael Caine. The first trilogy of his Bernard Samson novel series was made into a twelve-part television series by Granada Television in 1988, shown only once, and withdrawn on instructions from Mr Deighton. He wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film of the play Oh! What a Lovely War. His 1970 World War II historical novel Bomber about an RAF Bomber Command raid over Germany often is considered his masterpiece. Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Harry Palmer is a fictional secret agent who is the central character in a number of films based on the three of the first four spy novels by Len Deighton. ... Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite CBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a two-time Academy Award-winning English film actor. ... Bernard Samson is the protagonist of three trilogies written by Len Deighton. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Romeo and Juliet by Ford Madox Brown A play, written by a playwright, or dramatist, is a form of literature, almost always consisting of dialog between characters, and intended for performance rather than reading. ... Oh! What A Lovely War began life in 1963 as a stage musical by Joan Littlewood and her London Theatre Workshop based on a book by the historian Alan Clark. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The novel Bomber is a roman à clef written by Len Deighton and published in the UK in 1970. ... Bomber Command badge RAF Bomber Command was the organisation that controlled the RAFs bomber forces. ...

Deighton's interest in spy stories may have been partially inspired by his witnessing the arrest of Anna Wolkoff, a British citizen of Russian descent who was a Nazi spy, and charged with violating the Official Secrets Act on May 20, 1940. Anna Wolkoff (1902 – August 2, 1973), sometimes known as Anna de Wolkoff, was a Russian fascist who, early in World War II, was an accomplice to Tyler Kent, a cipher clerk at the U.S. Embassy in London in his espionage activities. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Official Secrets Act warning sign, Foulness. ... May 20 is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1949 Deighton attended St Martin's School of Art in London, and in 1952 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1955. He then worked as an airline steward with BOAC. Before he began his writing career he worked as an illustrator in New York and, in 1960, as an art director in a London advertising agency. He has since used his drawing skills to illustrate a number of his own military history books. 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Central Saint Martins at Holborn The Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, (or Central Saint Martins) is one of the leading colleges of art and design in England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about scholarship (noun) and scholarship as a form of financial aid. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Flight attendant in an Embraer ERJ 145 LR (PBair, Thailand) Stewardess, circa 1949-50, American Overseas, Flagship Denmark, Boeing Stratocruiser In aviation, flight attendants—also known as sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses or stewards—are members of a flight crew employed by airlines to ensure the safety of the passengers... After technical problems with the Comet, BOAC resumed jet service with imported Boeing 707s. ... NY redirects here. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Interactive agency be merged into this article or section. ... Military history is composed of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. ...

Deighton also has published a series of cookery books and wrote and drew a weekly strip cartoon-style illustrated cooking guide in London's The Observer newspaper &ndash Len Deighton's Cookstrip. At least one of the strips is pinned up in Deighton's spy hero's kitchen in the 1965 film of his novel The IPCRESS File.[2] This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Panther edition front cover The Ipcress File was the first spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962. ...

To exploit the success of Deighton's first four "Harry Palmer" novels, he wrote Len Deighton's London Dossier (1967), a guide book to Swinging Sixties London with a "secret agent" theme — contributions from other writers are described as "surveillance reports". Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The IPCRESS File. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Woodstock: the iconic Sixties event The Sixties in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969 (see: 1960s), but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past 20 years. ...

Deighton's 1977 "The Battle of Britain" was said by Albert Speer (once Hitler's Minister of Armaments) to be "an excellent, most thorough examination. I read page after page with fascination". With a comment by A.J.P. Taylor simply saying: "Brilliant analysis...". Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total... Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, commonly known as Albert Speer ( ; March 19, 1905 – September 1, 1981), was an architect, author and high-ranking Nazi German government official, sometimes called the first architect of the Third Reich. His two bestselling autobiographical works, detailing his often close personal relationship with German dictator... For others named John Taylor, see John Taylor. ...

In 1995 the BBC's Radio 4 broadcast a 'real time' dramatisation of Deighton's documentary novel Bomber, covering the novel's action following RAF Lancaster bomber WF183's take-off in 1943, life in the German town that was its allocated target, the bombing raid and the plane's return at night. The drama, threaded through the station's unchangeable schedule of news and current affairs from early morning to midnight[3] – although it is the story of a night bombing raid. It starred Tom Baker, Frank Windsor, Sam West, Emma Chambers and Jack Shepherd and told how the raid had 'changed the lives' of many men and women – British and German.[4][5] The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). ... For other persons named Tom Baker, see Tom Baker (disambiguation). ... Frank Windsor is a popular television actor, born in 1927. ... Samuel Filmore (Sam) West (b. ... Emma Chambers (born March 11, 1964) is an English actress. ... Jack Shepherd (born October 29, 1940, Leeds, Yorkshire) is a British actor, well-known for playing avuncular policemen, army personnel, and clergy. ...

Selected bibliography

"Harry Palmer" Books

• The IPCRESS File, 1962
• Horse Under Water, 1963
• Funeral in Berlin, 1964
• Billion Dollar Brain, 1966
• Spy Story, 1972 (Palmer is called 'Patrick Armstrong' as cover)

Game, Set & Match — Deighton's novels, Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match, combined into one volume

Panther edition front cover The Ipcress File was the first spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1962. ... Horse Under Water (1963, ISBN 0399104194) is the second of Len Deightons spy novels featuring an unnamed British agent protagonist (named Harry Palmer in the movie adaptions). ... Funeral in Berlin is a a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Billion-Dollar Brain (1966, ISBN 0099857103) is a spy novel by Len Deighton. ... The spy fiction genre (sometimes called political thriller) arose before the World War I, at about the same time that the first modern intelligence agencies were being formed. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Game_Set_And_Match_-_Len_Deighton_-_1986_hardback_book_cover. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Game_Set_And_Match_-_Len_Deighton_-_1986_hardback_book_cover. ...

The Bernard Samson Books

• Berlin Game, 1983
• Mexico Set, 1984
• London Match, 1985
• Spy Hook, 1988
• Spy Line, 1989
• Spy Sinker, 1990
• Faith, 1994
• Hope, 1995
• Charity, 1996

A prequel to the series, Winter, was written in 1987. Berlin Game is a 1983 spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Mexico Set is a 1984 spy novel by Len Deighton. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Spy Hook is a 1988 spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Spy Line is a 1989 spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Spy Sinker is a 1990 spy novel by Len Deighton. ... Winter is a 1987 novel by Len Deighton. ...

Others

• Len Deighton's London Dossier, 1967
• An Expensive Place to Die, 1967
• Only When I Larf, 1968
• Bomber, 1970
• Declarations of War - short story collection, 1971
• Close-Up, 1972
• Spy Story, 1974
• Yesterday's Spy, 1975
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy aka Catch A Falling Spy, 1976
• SS-GB, 1978
• XPD, 1981
• Goodbye, Mickey Mouse, 1982
• MAMista, 1991
• City of Gold, 1992
• Violent Ward, 1993

Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The IPCRESS File. ... The novel Bomber is a roman à clef written by Len Deighton and published in the UK in 1970. ... Close Up is a half hour long New Zealand current affairs program produced by Television New Zealand. ... SS-GB (1979) is an alternative-history novel by Len Deighton, set in a United Kingdom fictionally conquered and occupied by Germany during World War II. // Spoiler warning: Douglas Archer is a British homicide detective assigned to Scotland Yard in November 1941, nine months after the British surrender. ... original hardback edition cover For other uses of XPD see: XPD (disambiguation) XPD is a Spy novel by Len Deighton, published in 1981, and set in 1979, roughly contemporary to the time it was written. ... Goodbye, Mickey Mouse is a historical novel by Len Deighton published in 1982. ... City of Gold, and similar titles or concepts may refer to: Lost city Lost city (disambiguation) // Quivira and Cíbola - Two of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold. ...

History

• Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain, 1977
• Airshipwreck, with Arnold Schwartzman, 1978
• Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk, 1979
• Battle of Britain, 1980
• Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II, 1993

Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain (ISBN 0712674233) is a Second World War military history book by English author Len Deighton. ... Combatants United Kingdom Including combatants from:[1] Poland New Zealand Canada Czechoslovakia Belgium Australia South Africa France Ireland United States Jamaica Palestine Rhodesia Germany Including combatants from Italy Commanders Hugh Dowding Hermann Göring Strength 754 single-seat fighters 149 two-seat fighters 560 bombers 500 coastal 1,963 total...

Cookery

• Len Deighton's Action Cook Book, 1965 (US title: The Cookstrip Cook Book, 1966)
• Où Est le Garlic, 1965

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External links

• Unofficial Len Deighton website
• More information on LD
• Another Len Deighton fan page
• Harry Palmer movie fan page
• Len Deighton & Bernard Samson site