It is 1940 and Mr Graham,a quietly-spoken engineer and arms expert,has just finished high-level talks with the Turkish government. And now somebody wants him dead. The previous night three shots were fired at him as he stepped into his hotel room,so,terrified,he escapes in secret on a passenger steamer from Istanbul. As he journeys home - alongside,among others,an entrancing French dancer,an unkempt trader,a mysterious German doctor and a small,brutal man in a crumpled suit - he enters a nightmarish world where friend and foe are indistinguishable. Graham can try to run,but he may not be able to hide for much longer ...
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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141190303Number of pages: 224Weight: 168 gDimensions: 200 x 130 x 13 mm
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'Holds one up as effectively as a gun barrel'Evening Standard'If you want to experience the feel of the Continent in the 1930s,you will find few better guides'- Robert Harris
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Acerbic,prodigious and oftentimes controversial,historian Norman Stone was,for much of the late twentieth-century,one of the most recognisable public faces of British academia. His works include The Eastern Front,1914-1917,Hungary: A Short History as well as World War One: A Short History and World War Two: A Short History.
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