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An Officer and a Spy

by Robert Harris
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***PRE-ORDER THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW. PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024, AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCK LASTS AND EXCLUSIVE TO THE FIRST PRINT RUN***
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY
'Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power' The Times
'Taut and exciting' Guardian
Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.
Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence until that tracked him down.
But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is forced to confront the dangerous truth that Dreyfus may be innocent.
Soon Picquart is being drawn into a labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life . . .
'Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension' Sunday Times

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Publisher: Random House
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  • ISBN: 9781448151448
  • File size: 1586 KB
  • Release date: September 26, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781448151448
  • File size: 3440 KB
  • Release date: September 26, 2013
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***PRE-ORDER THE SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF PRECIPICE, THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM ROBERT HARRIS, NOW. PUBLISHING AUGUST 2024, AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE STOCK LASTS AND EXCLUSIVE TO THE FIRST PRINT RUN***
IN THE HUNT FOR A SPY, HE EXPOSED A CONSPIRACY
'Seriously riveting . . . a testament to Robert Harris's storytelling power' The Times
'Taut and exciting' Guardian
Paris, 1895: an army officer, Georges Picquart, watches a convicted spy, Alfred Dreyfus, being publicly humiliated in front of a baying crowd.
Dreyfus is exiled for life to Devil's Island; Picquart is promoted to run the intelligence until that tracked him down.
But when Picquart discovers that secrets are still being handed over to the Germans, he is forced to confront the dangerous truth that Dreyfus may be innocent.
Soon Picquart is being drawn into a labyrinth of deceit and corruption that threatens not just his honour but his life . . .
'Menace and suspense twist tight in a narrative of tremendous tension' Sunday Times

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Fiction Suspense Thriller Historical Fiction