AN UNLIKELY SPY. A FORMER KING. THE FATE OF A NATION IN THEIR HANDS. The gripping WWII thriller from the award-winning author of Nightfall Berlin,perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow 'Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure - proper heroes, proper villains and grounded in real history' IAN RANKIN 'Fact and fiction merge in a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent' SUN _________ July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain - starting with the Channel Islands . . . And soldier turned safecracker Bill O'Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes, or serve his country. The mission - land on occupied Alderney, impersonate a local, steal the invasion plans, escape. He almost believes they're not lying to him. In Portugal, the former King, Edward, Duke of Windsor, receives an altogether different proposal from Germany: ease the invasion and he'll get his throne back....
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AN UNLIKELY SPY. A FORMER KING. THE FATE OF A NATION IN THEIR HANDS.
The gripping WWII thriller from the award-winning author of Nightfall Berlin, perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow
'Intricately plotted, rip-roaring World War Two adventure - proper heroes, proper villains and grounded in real history' IAN RANKIN
'Fact and fiction merge in a rip-roaring yarn that is totally credible. Excellent' SUN
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July, 1940. The Nazis launch their invasion of Britain - starting with the Channel Islands . . .
And soldier turned safecracker Bill O'Hagan gets an offer: hang for his crimes, or serve his country.
The mission - land on occupied Alderney, impersonate a local, steal the invasion plans, escape. He almost believes they're not lying to him.
In Portugal, the former King, Edward, Duke of Windsor, receives an altogether different proposal from Germany: ease the invasion and he'll get his throne back....