Reading rank 322
Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935–1961
, subject: Ernest Hemingway's intelligence, war, and political life, 2017
Nicholas Reynolds follows Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures from 1935 to 1961, as writer, sailor, soldier and spy.
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Scored evidence
About the book
Reynolds uses declassified records and correspondence to follow Hemingway's contacts with Soviet and American intelligence from the Spanish Civil War through World War II and the Cold War pressures of his later life.
Why read it
Best if you want to see Ernest Hemingway as more than a writer, through Nicholas Reynolds's account of his secret adventures from 1935 to 1961.
Key themes
- Four roles in one life
- Secret work across decades
Evidence and original sources
Source: official Founders episode — #194
This record is supported by 3 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Ernest Hemingway (Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy) — David introduces this as the book he is covering in the episode, written by Nicholas Reynolds.