Jackdaws

From master storyteller Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth and Never. It is May 1944, and a young British secret agent leads an all-woman team on a daring plan to disrupt the Nazi war effort - but the Germans are on their trail . . .

**Jackdaws/b>b> is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second War War./b>b>A Failed Mission/b>Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.b>A Daring Plan/b>With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team - the Jackdaws - will infiltrate and neutralise the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.b>A Race Against Time/b>However, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher - Dieter Franck - to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .

Suspenseful, gripping

Vorwort
May 1944 The French Resistance have a daring plan to disrupt the Nazi war effort during the Second World War.

Autorentext
Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales. Barred from watching films and television by his parents, he developed an early interest in reading thanks to a local library. After studying philosophy at University College London, he became involved in centre-left politics, entering into journalism soon after. His first thriller, the wartime spy drama Eye of the Needle, became an international bestseller and has sold over 10 million copies. He then astonished everyone with his first historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth, the story of the building of a medieval cathedral, which went on to become one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. One of the most popular authors in the world, his many books, including the Kingsbridge series and the Century trilogy, have sold more than 178 million copies. A father and husband, Ken lives with his wife in England and enjoys travelling the world when he can.

Klappentext

A Failed Mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.

A Daring Plan
With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a bold but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team the Jackdaws will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.

A Race Against Time
However, unbeknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher, Dieter Franck, to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .

'Suspenseful, gripping' New York Post
'Deeply satisfying' Entertainment Weekly

Zusammenfassung

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second War War.

A Failed Mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.

A Daring Plan
With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team the Jackdaws will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.

A Race Against Time
However, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher Dieter Franck to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .