Tapestry of SpiesTapestry of Spies
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Current format, Unknown, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsAgainst the bloody backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, Robert Florry and his beautiful lover Sylvia must capture and bring to justice his former best friend Julian Raines, now a Russian spy
Robert Florry is blackmailed by British intelligence into hunting down an old friend of his, a former soldier in the Spanish Civil War and an alleged Soviet agent. Originally published as The Spanish Gambit. Reprint.
Stephen Hunter has chosen the backdrop of the chaotic and cruel Spanish Civil War to weave a classic tale of espionage and counterespionage. Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. The British are not alone on Raines' trail. The ruthless Communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret. It is a novel that constantly surprises.
Robert Florry is blackmailed by British intelligence into hunting down an old friend of his, a former soldier in the Spanish Civil War and an alleged Soviet agent. Originally published as The Spanish Gambit. Reprint.
Stephen Hunter has chosen the backdrop of the chaotic and cruel Spanish Civil War to weave a classic tale of espionage and counterespionage. Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. The British are not alone on Raines' trail. The ruthless Communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret. It is a novel that constantly surprises.
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