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Dates: during 1940-1949
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British Novelist William Somerset Maugham is a great believer in firsthand adventure as a source for fiction. He turned his own experiences as World War I intelligence agent into the spy novel Ashenden. Last week the aging, 66-year-old author had abundant material for a World War II novel accumulated during a 20-day voyage of escape from France in the company of 1,300 British refugees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ashenden's Escape | 7/22/1940 | See Source »

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