Dark Invasion - The Secret War Against the Kaiser''s Spies

In bringing to life a cast of stranger-than-fiction characters and circumstances, *Dark Invasion* tells a riveting story of how American naivete and German ruthlessness placed the US and the West in mortal peril.

About the author

Howard Blum is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning, as well as Wanted!, The Gold of Exodus, and Gangland, and, most recently, The Floor of Heaven. Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. While at The New York Times, he was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. He lives in Connecticut and is the father of three children.

Summary

Set in New York City in 1915, as World War I rages in the battlefields of Europe, Dark Invasion chronicles the little-known story of a tense cat-and-mouse battle between two complex antagonists: New York police captain Tom Tunney, who leads a select team of novice spy-chasers; and Franz von Rintelen, an aristocratic German who comes to New York to set up a spy network and wage a secret war of terror that will disrupt American trade and affect the course of the war.

In bringing to life a cast of stranger-than-fiction characters and circumstances, Dark Invasion tells a riveting story of how American naiveté and German ruthlessness placed the US and the West in mortal peril.

Additional text

Kirkus 'Best Nonfiction Books of 2014'

Product details

• Authors: Howard Blum
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2014
• EAN: 9781922247575
• ISBN: 978-1-922247-57-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; True Crime, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, First World War, military history, True Crime / Espionage, Espionage & secret services, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1)