Atonement (film) bombing by the Luftwaffe whilst the station was being used as an air-raid shelter occurred on 15 October 1940; the bombing and the subsequent flooding of the station actually occurred the previous evening (14 October 1940). During the scene in 1935 where Robbie writes and discards letters for Cecilia, he keeps playing a record of the love duet from Act 1 of "La bohème" by Puccini, with Victoria de los Ángeles and Jussi Björling, which was only recorded in 1956. Atonement (film) Atonement is a 2007 romantic war drama film directed by Joe Wright and based on Ian McEwan's 2001
Carl Hamilton novels Carl Hamilton novels The Carl Hamilton novels are a series of novels by Swedish author Jan Guillou centered on the fictional spy Carl Hamilton. In Sweden and other countries it is a best-selling series. Carl Hamilton has been called "Sweden's James Bond". One commentator said the books "... place [Guillou] besides John le Carre and Len Deighton" (famous British spy novelists). The first novel "Coq Rouge" was published in 1986, it was Guillou's first significant work of fiction. Carl Hamilton was created by author and journalist Jan Guillou after he had been sentenced to prison for espionage – for exposing