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The Bagley Brief

A Desmond Bagley Online Archive

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    • The boy who was different 1923 – 1937
    • Employment, wanderlust and adventure in the Sahara 1937 – 1947
    • South Africa, journalism and short stories 1947 – 1962
    • Joan Brown and Bagley’s career as a novelist
    • Joan Bagley and posthumous publication
    • Joan Magaret Bagley
  • Writer
    • Writer – An Enquiry into a Novelist
    • The novels
      • The Golden Keel
      • High Citadel
      • Wyatt’s Hurricane
      • Landslide
      • The Vivero Letter
      • The Spoilers
      • Running Blind
      • The Freedom Trap
      • The Tightrope Men
      • The Snow Tiger
      • The Enemy
      • Flyaway
      • Bahama Crisis
      • Windfall
      • Night of Error
      • Juggernaut
      • Domino Island
    • Articles and Interviews
    • Bagley on writing action fiction
  • Running Blind archive
    • Bagley in Iceland
      • Media articles
    • Bagley and film pre-production
      • Media articles
    • The novel
      • Literary reviews
      • Editions
      • Cover art gallery
      • Norman Weaver – artist
      • Audio books
      • Locations
    • The tv adaptation
      • Filming locations
      • Filming articles
      • Aircraft
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      • Vessels
      • Cast and crew credits
      • Articles and reviews
      • Radio Times articles
      • UK tv listings
      • Icelandic transmission articles
      • Australian transmission articles
      • American promo advert
      • Transmission formats
      • The video
    • Miscellany
      • Jack Gerson – author and scriptwriter
      • Factfile
  • Gallery
    • UK first edition cover art
    • HarperCollins 2017 re-issues
    • Japanese cover art
    • Polish cover art
    • Running Blind cover art
    • The Mackintosh Man cinema lobby card gallery
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Author: The Bagley Brief

The Bagley Brief is an archive resource written and maintained by researcher Philip Eastwood. The site also contains the 'Running Blind' archive, the definitive on-line resource for Desmond Bagley's Cold War thriller set in Iceland.

The Bagley Legacy

on December 7, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Desmond Bagley at the Guernsey Literary Festival 2018 © Graham Jackson & © Guernsey Literary Festival.

The Bagley Legacy launches at the Guernsey Literary Festival taking place between 10th - 13th May 2018. The Bagley Legacy is a multi faceted project promoting the literary legacy of Desmond and Joan Bagley.

The full complement of Desmond Bagley re-issues are now available

on August 10, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Desmond Bagley - HarperCollins 2017 Crime Club Imprint re-issue cover art collage © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.

The final four re-issues of Desmond Bagley’s novels are published by HarperCollins today. This completes the canon of Bagley’s face-paced adventure novels, which he often referred to as his ‘action stories’.

Speaking of Desmond Bagley: An Interview with author Caro Ramsay

on July 13, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Speaking of Desmond Bagley: The Bagley Brief interviews author Caro Ramsay. Images © Caro Ramsay; © Bengt-Ove Tideman.

The Bagley Brief interviews crime novelist Caro Ramsay. Caro recalls that aged 13 and growing up in a cold corner of Glasgow, Desmond Bagley’s stories transported her all over the world.

Landslide book bonus in Argosy Magazine – 1968

on June 26, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Argosy Men's Magazine - April 1968 © 1968, 2017 Steeger Properties, LLC. All rights reserved.

Desmond Bagley's novel Landslide appeared in condensed form as a book bonus in the April 1968 issue of Argosy Magazine - The No.1 Men's Service Magazine.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Bagley & The Brotherhood

on May 20, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang - Mike Ripley. Cover illustration from 'When Eight Bells Toll' © HarperCollins Publishers 1981 and The Brotherhood by Alan Williams © Endeavour Press.

The Bagley Brief takes a moment to review Mike Ripley's recently released book Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. The Brotherhood, by Alan Williams, also gets a mention.

The Chill Factor

on April 28, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
The Chill Factor - Richard Falkirk © Penguin Random House Company.

Icelandophiles who enjoyed Desmond Bagley’s novel Running Blind may well enjoy the 1971 thriller The Chill Factor written by Derek Lambert, writing as Richard Falkirk.

The Running Blind Archive

on April 26, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Desmond Bagley's Running Blind - Visit the archive on The Bagley Brief.

Take a few moments to browse The Bagley Brief's Running Blind archive, there is much to discover about Desmond Bagley’s seventh published novel, a Cold War espionage thriller set in Iceland.

Speaking of Desmond Bagley: An Interview with author Jeremy Duns

on April 20, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Speaking of Desmond Bagley: The Bagley Brief interviews author Jeremy Duns. Images © José Figueroa & © © Bengt-Ove Tideman.

The Bagley Brief interviews author and journalist Jeremy Duns. Jeremy reveals that Desmond Bagley's novel Running Blind was the inspiration for his own spy novel The Moscow Option.

Bagley audio roundup

on March 29, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
The Bagley Brief provides the script for the 9th Desmond Bagley Podcast featuring Running Blind.

The Bagley Brief provides the script for the 9th Desmond Bagley Podcast featuring Running Blind. Also more 2017 Bagley re-issues become available as Audiobooks.

Speaking of Desmond Bagley: An Interview with author Peter James

on January 12, 2017April 26, 2025 By The Bagley Brief
Speaking of Desmond Bagley: The Bagley Brief interviews author Peter James.

The Bagley Brief interviews crime and thriller novelist Peter James, for whom Desmond Bagley was an inspiration.

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The unpublished memoirs of Desmond Bagley, master of the adventure novel. A rare glimpse into the early life and formative influences of the best-selling novelist. Edited by Philip Eastwood with a foreword by Mike Ripley. FREE download available now!
The unpublished memoirs of Desmond Bagley, master of the adventure novel. A rare glimpse into the early life and formative influences of the best-selling novelist. Edited by Philip Eastwood with a foreword by Mike Ripley. FREE download available now!

Feature Articles: The Bagley Brief

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The Le Vasseur connection

The Le Vasseur connection

The Bagleys’ Blue Plaque

Desmond and Joan Bagley - Blue Plaque Guernsey © The Bagley Brief.
Visit Guernsey: The Bagleys' Blue Plaque situated in Les Rohais De Haut, St. Andrew, Guernsey.

The Desmond Bagley Collection at the Priaulx Library

The Desmond Bagley Collection at the Priaulx Library, Candie House, Candie Gardens, St. Peter Port, Guernsey. © The Bagley Brief.
Visit Guernsey: The Desmond Bagley Collection at the Priaulx Library, Candie House, Candie Gardens, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.

The Desmond Bagley Suite at the Albany Apartments

Visit Guernsey: Stay in a Desmond Bagley themed suite at the Albany Apartments, Queens Roads, St. Peter Port, Guernsey.

Desmond Bagley Website

Visit Nigel Alefounder's main website & archive

Listen to the Desmond Bagley Podcast

Listen to Nigel Alefounder's series of podcasts about the life and career of Desmond Bagley.

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