The Three Couriers

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The Three Couriers
First edition (US)
AuthorCompton Mackenzie
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy thriller
PublisherCassell (UK)
Doubleday, Doran
Publication date
1929
Media typePrint
Preceded byExtremes Meet 

The Three Couriers is a 1929 comedy thriller novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It was inspired by his own experiences working for British intelligence during the First World War.[1] It is set in Southeastern Europe, and features the fictional British spy Roger Waterson who had previously appeared in Extremes Meet. Thriller writer Eric Ambler was an admirer of the novel.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burton p.251
  2. ^ Burton p.251

Bibliography[edit]

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.