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Tightrope - Simon Mawer
Tightrope
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From the author of the best-selling and Booker Prize–shortlisted The Glass Room and TrapezeAn historical thriller that brings back Marian Sutro, ex-Special Operations agent, and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old... show more
From the author of the best-selling and Booker Prize–shortlisted The Glass Room and TrapezeAn historical thriller that brings back Marian Sutro, ex-Special Operations agent, and traces her romantic and political exploits in post-World War II London, where the Cold War is about to reshape old loyalties  As Allied forces close in on Berlin in spring 1945, a solitary figure e
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B00TCI408O
Publisher: Other Press
Pages no: 432
Edition language: English
Category:
History, European Literature, British Literature, Historical Fiction, Spy Thriller, Espionage, World War II, Fiction, Historical
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Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
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4.0 Tightrope, by Simon Mawer
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We called World War I the war to end all wars. World War II claimed even more lives and still haunts us. One would think that we’d have had enough of war. The protagonist of Simon Mawer’s historical thriller, Tightrope, certainly thought so. It frustrates and terrifies Marian Sutro to find that, aft...
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Thewanderingjew
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4.0 Espionage and Intrigue in Marian Sutro's Life
text Espionage and Intrigue in Marian Sutro's Life
Tightrope, Simon Mawer, author; Kate Reading, narrator In Simon Mawer’s first book about Marian Sutro, “Trapeze”, she was one of 40 young British girls enlisted to help in the war effort, working in enemy territory for the SOE (Special Operations Executive). She was flown into France where she parac...
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Bettie's Books
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3.5 Tightrope by Simon Mawer
text Tightrope by Simon Mawer
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-2015, radio-4, historical-fiction, autumn-2015, spies, wwii Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from August 19 to September 05, 2015 BABThttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b066vd5wDescription: A tale of love, betrayal and espionage as the political allian...
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