Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
From Russia with Love (with interview)
- Narrated by: Toby Stephens
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
From Russia with Love (with interview)
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
James Bond is targeted for elimination by SMERSH, and the malevolent Colonel Rosa Klebb has set a trap in Istanbul. The bait is the Spektor decoding machine, which is to be delivered by the irresistible Tatiana Romanova. The assassin is Red Grant, a psychopath who has defected from the West. Bond and Tatiana become pawns in a game of cross and double-cross that reaches its deadly finale on the Orient Express.
Includes an exclusive bonus interview with Toby Stephens.
Ian Fleming was born in London in 1908. He was educated at Eton and worked as a journalist in Moscow and a banker and stockbroker in London before becoming personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War. He wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952 at Goldeneye, his home in Jamaica. Since then James Bond has gone on to become a global phenomenon.
Toby Stephens’ expansive list of credits in film, theatre and television have earned him critical acclaim as a stage and screen actor of distinction. He will soon reprise his role as Captain Flint in the second season of Starz’s drama Black Sails, and recently starred in the critically acclaimed Private Lives at the Gielgud Theatre in London’s West End. Other theatre credits include Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing at London’s Old Vic Theatre and Ibsen’s Doll’s House at the Donmar Warehouse. On film he played Gustav Graves in the James Bond movie Die Another Day.
Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
"Mr. Fleming is in a class by himself." ( Daily Mail)
"Mr. Fleming…has never concocted a richer brew." ( New Yorker)
"Fleming is intensely observant, acutely literate and can turn a cliché into a silk purse with astute alchemy." ( New York Herald Tribune)
"Fleming’s tautest, most exciting and most brilliant tale." ( Times Literary Supplement)
What listeners say about From Russia with Love (with interview)
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- malcolm
- 26-07-16
Brilliant
Have loved this book for years. But Toby's reading takes it to another level there's just something about his voice that really brings Fleming ' s discriptions to life
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Derek Black
- 14-03-21
Great 👍
This is a great book and I really enjoyed the skilled narration with great range of character voices.....brilliant
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mark Ramsay
- 15-05-21
A classic stays classy
The original novel is a classic and as such has some troubling sections for an audience of today, but the adaptation does not shy away from them.
Thankfully not as tone-deaf in sections like the previous Bond entries like Live and Let Die, but a thrilling Cold War adventure that Toby Jones ably narrates
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- L M Brown
- 31-03-21
Excellent
Very good. Quite a slow pace at times but very well narrated. As always full of vivid characters.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Richard Brooks
- 22-06-21
Zips along like an Aston Martin
Simply put this is a dual between two master spies. It's all anticipation and suspense and then suddenly the plan falls in place and Bond is on the ropes. It's a comparatively simple book, but cleverly structured and a very enjoyable listen.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 23-09-20
Loved it
Probably one of the best books in the series - and personally the film is in my top five in the series. Toby Stephens is distinctive but he draws you in and the structure of the book in terms of how it builds the tension makes it impossible to switch off as an audio book. I was totally gripped even though I’ve seen the movie at least five times and read the book as a teenager in the early 80s - completely recommended - brilliant job by Toby - thank you
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 22-10-21
Wonderful
If you do one thing today … download this book. Personally my favourite of the bond books it’s just so well written and the plot so well conceived… and the characters …
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mr P Eldridge
- 24-04-17
So different from the films
My first Bond novel and a different world from the films. Does not pass the PC test in any way means shape or form but it is a product of the fifties and quite obviously so. If I see any more on offer I might pick them up
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 23-05-21
Thoroughly enjoyable
Great narration / acting by Toby Stephens. In fact, I think his performance was the best of the series (especially his portrayal of Karim).
I'm so glad I decided to listen to all the Bond books.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Thomas
- 18-02-24
From Fleming with Love
Plot
After the lacklustre and frankly boring 4th book, Diamonds are Forever(however it gave us the film's opening song song sublimely by Shirley Bassey, so one positive...), I was apprehensive about starting this book. I love how in the first third of the book Fleming basically sets up the story, the villains, side characters and makes it so enthralling to get through. He does this all without introducing Bond which I think helps to build the tension. The rest of story plays out masterfully in what will be my currently favourite Fleming story so far.
Characters
James Bond our main character has been evolving in our time since we first me him in Casino Royale, it was quite interesting to see them make reference to Tiffany Case( Diamonds are Forever) and they simply part on amicable terms. I liked Bond pretty much the entire book and cant fault any logic he used, a dam fine character.
Side Characters
Darko Kerim, a fasinating side character and probably one of Flemings most well written and fun side characters. We get lots of funny and some really weird stories including the bizzare way he treats women.
Our villians Red Grant is made all the more interesting with a lengthy intro and a strange moon curse. The way Fleming describes Colonel Rosa Klebb is fascinating gross in the way he writes it
Narrator
I listened to this by Toby Stephens who performs an excellent job in voicing all characters in this story.
Current Fleming Ranking
1. From Russia with Love
2.Moonraker
3.Casino Royale
4.Live and Let Die
5. Diamonds are Forever
Concluding thoughts
Loved it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!