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An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy

EspionagePolitical Thriller
Pages
464
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

A low-level British intelligence officer stumbles onto a plot to assassinate a Nazi diplomat and must decide whether to report it or let it stand. Set in 1930s London, the novel follows the moral and professional choices of a man caught between duty, conscience, and the machinery of a failing intelligence service.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseAtmosphericThought-Provoking
Morally GreyBetrayal

Genres

Espionage Political Thriller Historical Fiction Suspense Thriller

About the author

R
Robert Harris

British novelist and former journalist known for historical fiction and political thrillers. Educated at the University of Cambridge, he worked as a reporter and political columnist before publishing his breakthrough alternate history novel Fatherland in 1992. His major works include the Cicero trilogy, Enigma, Pompeii, The Ghost, and Conclave, several of which have been adapted into films.

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