The Lifeline
Austria, 1938. Mark Chalmers promised a friend at the Foreign Office that he deliver a message to a contact in Nazi-occupied Austria. Unbeknowing to Mark, this favour will set him off on his own adventure in as an intelligence officer. The Lifeline was published in 1946 and is alleged to have...
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Austria, 1938. Mark Chalmers promised a friend at the Foreign Office that he deliver a message to a contact in Nazi-occupied Austria. Unbeknowing to Mark, this favour will set him off on his own adventure in as an intelligence officer.
The Lifeline was published in 1946 and is alleged to have been a major influence on the creation of James Bond.
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Format: ebook
Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd.
Edition language: English
Series: Mark Chalmers (#1)
Mark Chalmers was, as far as he knew, exactly the kind of man he wanted to be. He earned enough money for his tasks; he had done nothing discreditable; women admired him; boys obeyed him; and men of his own age definitely disliked him, unless they had been more successful still; and then they though...