Officer and a Spy

From the Sunday Times bestselling author

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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**PRE-ORDER AGRIPPA NOW: THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, COMING AUGUST 2026**IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY.'Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power' THE TIMES'Taut and exciting' GUARDIANParis, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence until that tracked him down.But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is forced to confront the dangerous truth that Dreyfus may be innocent.Soon Picquart is being drawn into a labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life . . .'Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension' SUNDAY TIMES

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-08
Mått:130 x 198 x 39 mm
Vikt:432 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:640
Förlag:Cornerstone
ISBN:9780099580881
Utmärkelser:Winner of CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2014

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Robert Harris is the author of sixteen bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave, Munich, The Second Sleep, V2, Act of Oblivion and Precipice. His work has been translated into forty languages and nine of his books have been adapted for cinema and television. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.

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The fact that this novel is seriously riveting is a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power; he conjures knuckle-blanching suspense from a very well-known piece of history.