Night of the Fox

Informationen zum Autor Jack Higgins lived in Belfast till the age of twelve. Leaving school at fifteen, he spent three years with the Royal Horse Guards, and was later a teacher and university lecturer. His thirty-sixth novel, The Eagle Has Landed (1975), turned him into an international bestselling author, and his novels have since sold over 250 million copies and been translated into sixty languages. Many have been made into successful films. He died in 2022, at his home in Jersey, surrounded by his family. Klappentext A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed. American Colonel Hugh Kelso is washed ashore on German-held Jersey in Spring 1944, with top-secret D-Day plans in his possession. To get him back, the most daring escape of the Second World War must be planned and executed. Harry Martineau, bilingual philosophy professor turned assassin, and Sarah Drayton, a beautiful, half-French Jersey native, are selected to carry out the mission, and set off to steal the most precious Allied asset from under the noses of the Nazis... Zusammenfassung A classic thriller featuring the most daring escape of the Second World War! from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jack Higgins
• Editore: Harper Collins Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.12.2012
• EAN: 9780007234806
• ISBN: 978-0-00-723480-6
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Gialli; Europe, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Historical adventure, Espionage & spy thriller, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Military, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Historical adventure fiction, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Journeys and voyages