Eye of the Needle
One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin—code name: "The Needle"—who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer...
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One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin—code name: "The Needle"—who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life. Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart—Eye of the Needle
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062020895 (0062020897)
ASIN: 62020897
Publish date: July 27th 2010
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
History,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
World War II,
Suspense
Yes, but Kindle. One of those books I like after only a few pages.
This classic starts off with a bang. Henry Faber has two identities. The one in London is a quiet man who keeps to himself on the top floor of a house being sublet by a widow. She takes a fancy to him one evening and with her duplicate key happens to walk in on him just as he's getting the transmitt...
During World War II the Allies went to extraordinary lengths to make the Nazis believe the coming invasion would be at Calais, not Normandy. They used plywood artillery and inflatable dummy tanks and other faux constructions to fool the Nazis from the air. But from the ground these were obvious fake...
Initially when I first started with this book I thought it would be a difficult read for me but to my surprise it was not, the reason being authors style of writing. The way he has developed the story giving all the essential details at the right time with emotional touch made me relate to the chara...
Großbritannien, 1944: Henry Faber, alias "Die Nadel", ist Hitlers Topspion, der die englischen Truppenbewegungen auskundschaften soll. Die Nazis wissen, dass ein Anschlag der alliierten Truppen bevorsteht, aber wo wird dieser Anschlag stattfinden? Als Faber das große Geheimnis der Briten entdeckt, b...