Restless von William Boyd
A Duchess of Cornwall Book Club pick

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 336 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Verlag: Bloomsbury TradeBloomsbury Paperbacks
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780747586203

'Boyd is English fiction's master storyteller ... Restless is that rare thing: a spy thriller from a first-rate narrative intelligence'Independent on SundayThe major and stunning new novel about wartime espionage from bestselling author William Boyd

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

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.

CHOSEN FOR THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB<br><br>'A wartime thriller featuring a resourceful woman in grave danger... a great read'- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall<br><br>It is 1939. Eva Delectorskaya is a beautiful 28-year-old Russianémigrée 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.

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William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels includingA 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, theYorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard&Judy selection; theSunday Timesbestseller,Waiting for Sunriseand, most recently,Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France<br><br>williamboyd.co.uk

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