Book description: When war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the British Secret Service to Switzerland under the guise of completing a play. Multilingual, knowledgeable about many European countries and a celebrated writer, Maugham had the perfect cover, and the assignment appealed to his love of romance, and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in … [Read more...] about Ashenden by W. Somerset Maugham: A
W. Somerset Maugham
Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham: A
From the back cover: Lionized by literary society, Edward Driffield is married to his second wife, a woman of iron will, indisputable rectitude and great charm. Her request to Alroy Kear, lightweight novelist, to write a biography of her husband seems both flattering and agreeable. But on delving into Driffield's past Kear revives the spectre of his first wife, Rosie, … [Read more...] about Cakes and Ale by W. Somerset Maugham: A