Assignment in Brittany
By (Author) Helen Macinnes
Titan Books Ltd
Titan Books Ltd
1st September 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.52
Paperback
320
Width 130mm, Height 203mm, Spine 27mm
386g
He stared at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. Three hours ago he had stood on English soil. Three hours ago he had been Martin Hearne, British Intelligence agent. Now he was in Nazi-occupied Brittany, posing as Bertrand Corlay. Hearne looked down at the faded uniform which had been Corlay's felt for the papers in the inside pocket. He was ready.
Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).