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The Mask of Dimitrios
- Published in the United States as: A Coffin for Dimitrios
- Series: Charles Latimer No 1
- Author: Eric Ambler
- As Noted In: 1100 or so Notable Novels and Novellas, Phantom
- As Noted In: The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time, Crime Writers' Association
- As Noted In: The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time, Mystery Writers of America
A Coffin for Dimitrios is a 1939 mystery novel by author, Eric Ambler. James Bond reads the novel in the feature film From Russia With Love. In it, Charles Latimer is an English mystery novelist who befriends a Turkish head of Secret Police in Istanbul. - AsNotedIn
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939/00/00 | Eric Ambler | Author | "The Mask of Dimitrios" is published by Hodder and Stoughton. | ||||
| 1939/00/00 | Hodder and Stoughton | Publisher | "The Mask of Dimitrios" is published by Hodder and Stoughton. | ||||
| 1955/09/00 | Ian Fleming | Life | When researching for "From Russia With Love", Ian Fleming takes "The Mask of Dimitrios" with him to Istanbul. |
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| Particulars for The Mask of Dimitrios: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Narrative Arts | An Everyman Accused | ||
| Occupation | Author | a writer of a book, article, or report | |
| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Crime | Crime | ||
| Narrative Arts | Detective | a person, especially a police officer, whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes. | |
| Profession | Espionage | the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain information | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Murder | the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another | |
| Narrative Arts | Mystery | something not understood or beyond understanding | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Narrative Arts | Thriller | ||