Lantern Network - Hardcover

Ted Allbeury

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0583129307 ISBN 13: 9780583129305

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1979

Synopsis

London. 18 cm. [6],200p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. [by] Ted Allbeury. Originally published: London : P. Davies, 1978 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0583129307 (Pbk)

About this title

From Library Journal:

Allbeury, author of several well-received espionage novels ( The Judas Factor , The Seeds of Treason) , has another winner. Featuring the unhappily divorced Nicholas Baily, this is a tale of obsession, love, and betrayal. The book begins with the mysterious suicide of a suspected Soviet agent. Baily, charged with identifying the man and his reasons for suicide, starts a journey that takes him to France and back 33 years to the faction-ridden resistance groups operating in Vichy at the end of the war. Allbeury paints an exciting picture of dedicated men and women in the underground. At the same time, he creates a gripping story about the historical roots of seemingly trivial or isolated incidents. Finally, he shows us just how far parents will go to protect their children. The plot is compelling, the writing crisp and clean, and even Baily, who often seems overwhelmed by events, is engaging.
- Louise A. Merriam, L.E. Phillips Memorial P.L., Eau Claire, Wis.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

The prolific Allbeury ( The Man with the President's Mind ) draws on his British Intelligence background to construct a most civilized thriller. Middle-aged London factory owner James Walters has apparently made contact with a KGB agent in Paris. Special Branch Commander Nicholas Bailey pays a fairly routine call on Walters, who immediately afterwards cuts his own throat. As Bailey begins his investigation, Allbeury flashes back to 1940s France, when half-French Charley Parker, as Charles Chaland, leads Resistance groups in the Dordogne for British Special Operations. Secrecy, danger, Nazi horrors and ultimate betrayal are tautly depicted, as is a believable love story, all ending tragically. Three decades later, Bailey's unraveling of the mystery of "James Walters" echoes the wartime flashback, but with a little hope at the end. Not many surprises here, just first-rate storytelling.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0583129307
• ISBN 13: 9780583129305
• Binding: Hardcover