The Winter Agent
$38.33
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2020
Summary
January, 1944. A bitter winter grips occupied France, where Marc Reece leads an SOE circuit facing deadly risks, operating in secret to sabotage the German war effort.
But Marc has a second mission, secret from even his fellow agents - including Charlotte, the woman with whom he has ill-advisedly fallen in love. Everyone knows that D-Day is coming, and that the hours following the Allied landings will decide the war - and every last scrap of information he can provide might make all t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405930635 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1405930632 |
| Author: | Gareth Rubin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Exhaustively researched, superbly realised, The Winter Agent is a superior SOE novel. Gareth Rubin really knows his stuff and it shows on every page * Howard Linskey *Smart, stylish, meticulously researched. Rich in loyalty and double dealing, captures perfectly the horror and heroism, delivered at a cracking pace * Sun *Races along, with plenty of surprises * Times *Brilliant. Blends meticulously researched history with a plot of double-crossing and deception * Best *Gripping … For someone with a keen interest in history, as well as a love of a well-written thriller, this book provides perfect escapism * Sun *Praise for Liberation Square * - *Far more than an intellectual exercise - it is a gripping story, with heart * Daily Telegraph, Best Thrillers of the Year *(A) richly imagined thriller … Tightly plotted, tense and set in a chillingly plausible world * Sunday Mirror *An authentic and chilling tale * Sun *An interesting take on the ‘What if we’d lost World War II?’ debate. A gripping and well-imagined yarn * Sun *
About The Author
Gareth Rubin
Gareth Rubin is an author and journalist who has written for most British national newspapers. He lives in London, and The Winter Agent is his second novel.
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