A group of British agents working with the French Resistance against the Germans are annihilated, possibly on orders from Churchill himself
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Seller: Once Upon A Time Books, Siloam Springs, AR, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. Seller Inventory # mon0001257721
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0892964324I5N00
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sharp 1st Printing, tight, solid and clean throughout; a bit of wear to spine ends. Owner's signature in ink on ffep. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 001893
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
black & black ½ cloth hardbound 8vo. ~ 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. bottom front corner has tiny rubbed spot. edges clean. contents free of all markings. dustwrapper in near fine cond. minor rubbing on rear, some ink leached from spine cloth inside at top, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~ first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). 289p. fiction. spy novels. espionage. world war ii. historical fiction. ~ Did Winston Churchill betray the anti Nazi operations network code~named "Scorpio" in order to appease Joseph Stalin? In 1940, Philip Maclean witnessed the German invasion of France and returned to head a Resistance network based in Paris. Another recruit to the network was Henri Masson: a playboy and a liar; but apparently also a patriot. Maclean's brilliant work with the Resistance was mirrored by his personal life: he lived as a Frenchman through two years of occupation and married his great love, Anne~Marie Duchard. However, what seemed the ultimate accolade~a personal interview in which Churchill ordered him to abandon all caution and attack the Nazis directly turned horribly sour when Maclean and his entire network were arrested and thrown into concentration camps. They had been betrayed. Forty years later MI6 officer Harry Chapman discovers that all records of "Scorpio" were destroyed by a sinister British Intelligence officer in 1945. Chapman begins the difficult task of tracing the survivors who are willing to talk: Anne~Marie, still bitter about the treatment of her beloved husband, and two of Maclean's lieutenants who survived the Nazi camps. Soon Chapman realizes that only the pilot, Henri Masson, knew what really happened. And Masson is dead . ~ Ted Allbeury served as Lieutenant Colonel in British Intelligence. One of England's favorite authors and a perennial best~seller; his works have been translated into fifteen languages. Proclaimed "truly a classic writer of espionage fiction" by no less an expert than Len Deighton, Allbeury was the real~life inspiration for Deighton's own unforgettable character, Harry Palmer. Seller Inventory # 9101301
Seller: InventoryMasters, Nokomis, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Item may have minor to moderate cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes) on the cover, spine, pages or dust cover. Item may contain remainder marks on outside edges. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. Good reading copy. Seller Inventory # uvg-novel-hb-1115
Seller: 2nd Hand Books, Kenner, LA, U.S.A.
Hardcover First U. S. Printing A spy story. Author of other greats such as A Wilderness of Mirrors, The Crossings, Seeds of Treason, Deep Purple and many, many more. (289 Pgs.). Seller Inventory # AA-HC-2048
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0892964324
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0892964324