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John Bingham


Born
in Haywards Heath, Sussex, The United Kingdom
November 03, 1908

Died
August 06, 1988

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Crime


John Michael Ward Bingham - who became the seventh Lord Clanmorris - was born in Haywards Heath on 3 November 1908.

He was educated at Cheltenham College and became an art editor for the 'Sunday Dispatch'. He married Madeleine Mary Ebel on 28 July 1934.

During the Second World War he served with the Royal Engineers and was attached to the General Staff. He also worked for MI5 and was supposedly the inspiration for John Le Carre's George Smiley. And over the course of thirty years, he served MI5 in various high-ranking capacities, including undercover agent.

He wrote under a pseudonym and published 17 novels in the thriller, detective and spy fields. These included 'My Name is Michael Sibley', his first novel published in 1952, 'A Fragment of F ...more

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Average rating: 3.55 · 386 ratings · 79 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors
Five Roundabouts to Heaven
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3.57 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1953 — 22 editions
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My Name Is Michael Sibley
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3.75 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1952 — 24 editions
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A Fragment of Fear
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3.24 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1965 — 15 editions
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Murder Plan Six
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions
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The Paton Street Case
3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions
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The Double Agent
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions
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Night's black agent
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions
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Murder Off the Record
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1957 — 2 editions
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The Hunting Down of Peter M...
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I love, I kill,
3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1968 — 7 editions
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