James Bond book 5 · 1957
From Russia, with Love
SMERSH, the Soviet murder agency, plots to kill Bond and humiliate the British Secret Service, using a beautiful cipher clerk, Tatiana Romanova, who says she wants to defect with a valuable decoding machine.
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Book facts
- Author
- Ian Fleming
- Series
- James Bond, book 5 of 14
- Published
- 1957
- Setting
- Set in Istanbul
- Characters charted
- 6
- Chart confidence
- High
From Russia, with Love on screen
- From Russia with Love (1963, film, Cinema). Bond is sent to Istanbul to help a Soviet clerk defect with a decoding machine.
Who is in From Russia, with Love
6 recurring or key characters from Ian Fleming’s chart. Introduces Tatiana Romanova and Rosa Klebb.
Lead 1
- James BondAgent 007 of the British Secret Service
Major 2
- Tatiana RomanovaFirst appearanceSoviet cipher clerk
- Rosa KlebbFirst appearanceSMERSH operations chief
Minor and cameo 3
- MHead of the Secret Service
- Miss MoneypennyM’s secretary
- René MathisFrench intelligence officer
Also featuring these characters
Other Ian Fleming books that share the most characters with From Russia, with Love.
- For Your Eyes Only1960 · James Bond · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Casino Royale1953 · James Bond · 4 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Moonraker1955 · James Bond · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Goldfinger1959 · James Bond · 3 shared charactersBuy on Amazon