Double Cross. The True Story Of The D-Day Spies
Macintyre Ben
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 2016
Edition: Reprint
Description: 417 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Six real British spies (one dies), plus fake national network, divert Nazis from 6 June 1944 so 150K Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy sustain lower than expected casualties. Double Cross includes handsome brilliant director "Tar", colorful MI5 handlers, Nazi counterparts. The nucleus was Wodehouse Wooster imitator Jebsen, Serbian playboy Popov, boastful nationalistic Polish Czerniawski, bisexual party-girl Elvira, García with diploma in chicken farming and volatile Lily, nearly their downfall after losing her dog Babs. Includes index, 32 pages photos.
ISBN: 9781408885413
(217610)