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A Jewel in the Crown by Lewis, David is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Jewel in the Crown about?
James Bond meets Maisie Dobbs in this riveting new historical caper series featuring a gifted young socialist-turned-counterespionage spy on a World War II mission orchestrated by Winston Churchill himself...1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven north to Scotland by two operatives posing as a young married couple, to be taken from there to Canada. Caitrin Colline—a Welsh coalminer's daughter and an ardent socialist—will play the wife of Lord Marlton, Hector Neville-Percy. A less likely couple is at first difficult to imagine. Yet Caitrin's bold, streetwise confidence and sharp wits complement Hector's social ease and connections, essential to a second part of their mission:...
Who reads A Jewel in the Crown?
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lewis, David
- Publisher
- Kensington Books
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
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