Die gebürtige Russin Sally Gilmartin wurde während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Paris von den Briten als Spionin rekrutiert. Doch auch nach Kriegsende bleibt sie diesem Metier treu und führt ein Leben, das von Betrug, Lüge und doppelten Identitäten geprägt ist.

Zusatztext 'Heart-stoppingly exciting ... a riveting tale of wartime derring-do' Informationen zum Autor William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa , winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War , winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart , winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless , winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Solo , a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk Klappentext CHOSEN FOR THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB 'A wartime thriller featuring a resourceful woman in grave danger... a great read' - HRH The Duchess of Cornwall It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian émigrée living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the war, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother. But once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment, and this time Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help. Vorwort The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd Zusammenfassung The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd

'Heart-stoppingly exciting ... a riveting tale of wartime derring-do'

Vorwort
The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd

Autorentext

William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France

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Klappentext

CHOSEN FOR THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB 'A wartime thriller featuring a resourceful woman in grave danger... a great read' - HRH The Duchess of Cornwall It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russian émigrée living in Paris. As war breaks out she is recruited for the British Secret Service by Lucas Romer, a mysterious Englishman, and under his tutelage she learns to become the perfect spy, to mask her emotions and trust no one, including those she loves most. Since the war, Eva has carefully rebuilt her life as a typically English wife and mother. But once a spy, always a spy. Now she must complete one final assignment, and this time Eva can't do it alone: she needs her daughter's help.

Zusammenfassung
The major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd