![]() ![]() The book's sales were boosted by an advertising campaign that played upon a visit by the British Prime Minister Anthony Eden to the Goldeneye estate, and the publication of an article in Life, which listed From Russia, with Love as one of US President John F. ![]() From Russia, with Love deals with the East–West tensions of the Cold War, and the decline of British power and influence in the post-Second World War era.įrom Russia, with Love received broadly positive reviews at the time of publication. The book was inspired by Fleming's visit to Turkey on behalf of The Sunday Times to report on an Interpol conference he returned to Britain by the Orient Express. ![]() Much of the action takes place in Istanbul and on the Orient Express. As bait, the Russians use a beautiful cipher clerk Tatiana Romanova and the Spektor, a Soviet decoding machine. The story centres on a plot by SMERSH, the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, to assassinate Bond in such a way as to discredit both him and his organisation. ![]()
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