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The Unlikely Spy - Daniel Silva
The Unlikely Spy
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In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." For Britain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to... show more
In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." For Britain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named Alfred Vicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highly dangerous, but unknown, traitor. The Nazis, however, have also chosen an unlikely agent: Catherine Blake, a beautiful widow of a war hero, a hospital volunteer-and a Nazi spy under direct orders from Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780451209306 (0451209303)
ASIN: 451209303
Publisher: Signet
Pages no: 752
Edition language: English
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Turn The Page
Turn The Page rated it
Another outstanding early work from Silva. This is probably one of the best 2 or 3 books I've read this year. Silva masterly weaves fiction into the history of the events leading up to D-Day. I was riveted to the pages right to the end. I recommend this book to anyone.
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 The Unlikely Spy
bookshelves: published-1995, fraudio, tbr-busting-2012, wwii, spring-2012, mystery-thriller, war, spies, historical-fiction, debut Read on April 30, 2012 The standalone novel that was more interesting for the Churchill aspect. Good enough for a Monday.SeriesMichael Osbourne1. The Mark of the Ass...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it
3.0 The Unlikely Spy
The standalone novel that was more interesting for the Churchill aspect. Good enough for a Monday.SeriesMichael Osbourne1. The Mark of the Assassin (1998)2. The Marching Season (1999)Gabriel Allon1. The Kill Artist (2000)2. The English Assassin (2002)3. The Confessor (2003)4. A Death in Vienna (2004...
Livros e Marcadores
Livros e Marcadores rated it
3.0 O Espião Improvável
Este romance �� o primeiro que li de Daniel Silva. Aborda a segunda guerra mundial, numa perspectiva dos subtis jogos de bastidores dos espi��es. Onde de ambos os lados se joga com informa����o e contra informa����o. Conseguiu-se criar uma envolvente repleta de mist��rio e expectativa. �� interessan...
tien
tien rated it
3.0 The Unlikely Spy
Alfred Vicary was pulled in to serve the MI-5 at the beginning of WWII. Whilst most German spies have been routed out, there is a division which has buried their intelligence officers deep in Britain. It's been allocated to Vicary and his team to stop these spies sending out crucial information ab...
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