Germany, 1946A reluctant spy is born... 'Remarkable ... You won't want to put it down' bestselling author Carol Drinkwater An ordinary woman. A book of recipes. The perfect cover for spying... Sent to Germany in the chaotic aftermath of World War II, Edith Graham is finally getting the chance to do
Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook
โ Scribed by Celia Rees
- Book ID
- 100386881
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 792 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062938015
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โฆ Synopsis
A striking historical novel about an ordinary young British woman sent to uncover a network of spies and war criminals in post-war Germany that will appeal to fans of The Huntress and Transcription.
World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and unwilling to live with her stuffy genteel parents any longer, twentysomething Edith Graham applies for a job with the Commission--but is instead recruited by the OSS. To them, Edith is perfect spy material...single, ordinary-looking, with a college degree in German. And there's another thing--the OSS knows that Edith's brother went to Oxford with one of their most hunted war criminals, Count Kurt von Stabenow, who Edith...
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