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Hornet Flight

by Ken Follett

ISBN: 0525946896
ISBN-13: 9780525946892
Format: Hardcover

Summary

In separate locations across the war-ravaged landscape of northern Europe in 1941, a plot is slowly being uncovered. The trouble is that no one person-a policeman in Copenhagen, a teenager on a remote island in the North Atlantic, and a British agent in London-has all the clues, and if the pieces aren't put together, and soon, Britain will likely fall to the relentless onslaught of the Third Reich.

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Penguin USA
Published date: 2002
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.55 pounds
Pages: 416

Publisher's Notes

In June 1941, with the war not going well for the British, the lives of three people on both sides of the English Channel--MI6 intelligence analyst Hermia Mount, Danish police detective and collaborator Peter Flemming, and young Harald Olufsen--intertwine as Harald makes a discovery that could change the course of the war, if he can get the information to England.

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