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AN OFFICER AND A SPY
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| By: |
Robert Harris |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£7.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1448151449 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781448151448 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
26 September, 2013 |
| Pages: |
624 |
| Description: |
January 1895. On a freezing morning in the heart of Paris, an army officer, Georges Picquart, witnesses a convicted spy, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of twenty thousand spectators baying 'Death to the Jew.' |
| Synopsis: |
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY. The winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2014, this is a gripping historical thriller from Robert Harris - Sunday Times bestselling author of Fatherland and The Ghost.Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence unit that tracked him down.But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is drawn into a dangerous labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life... |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cornerstone Digital |
| Prizes: |
Winner of CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2014 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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