The Odin Mission
(Jack Tanner: Book 1)
$32.40
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2009
Summary
The first novel in the highly commercial new series featuring Sergeant Jack Tanner.
From the pen of bestselling author and historian James Holland comes this action-packed page-turner of a wartime thriller. Jam-packed with sharp dialogue, dynamic and authentic scenes and unforgettable characterisation, this is perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett.
‘Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics…Destined to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780552157360 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0552157368 |
| Author: | James Holland |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Corgi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2009 |
| Weight: | 322g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Jack Tanner |
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Critics Review
Plenty of action… sharp dialogue and swift characterisation. The whole is intelligently structured so that this is absorbing and thoughtful as well as tense and exciting
Plenty of action… sharp dialogue and swift characterisation. The whole is intelligently structured so that this is absorbing and thoughtful as well as tense and exciting * Daily Telegraph *
Old-fashioned, testosterone-fuelled escapism and Tanner is a chiselled protagonist straight out of the pages of the old Commando comics… Destined to be a series that will run and run * Mail on Sunday *
Sharpe for the Blitz years… The Odin Mission is a meaty, all-action yarn * Sunday Telegraph *
A good old-fashioned action hero makes his appearance in this page-turning thriller, the first of a planned series of Second World War novels featuring Sergeant Jack Tanner… James Holland, a respected military historian, has produced a story authentic in every detail * Telegraph *
James Holland
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino ‘44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts. He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels. With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew’s University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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