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Bezig met laden... Jack of Spies (2013)door David Downing
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Jack of Spies is a story of love, and war. One auto salesman who was recruited to be a spy for England. Jack tried to live two different lives unsuccessfully keeping his family and girlfriend clueless as to his espionage job. It was a good story but not special. Therefore 3 1/2 stars were given to this book. ( ) OK, I realize Downing is just setting this book up as the first in a new series. I read his "station" series, Zoo Station, etc. and enjoyed them. They were all set in events related to WW II. This one places Jack McColl, a British spy, before WWI, with lots of historical background related to the Germans, the Irish seeking to kick the British from their Island, and the British trying to protect their Empire. Things get really complicated for McColl when he falls in love with a journalist whose brother is working with the Irish. McColl survives several assassination attempts, and it's all murky. Moves from Asia to the U.S. to Mexico, to the U.K. I had this audiobook set up to listen through Alexa and it was fine for that as I need not pay too much attention while making the bed, cleaning up, doing chores, etc. Well read, but not as good as the aforementioned series. Don't know if I'll continue with this series or not. Too many other better books to read/listen to. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Jack McColl (1)
"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing but a shoestring budget and the very tenuous protection of a boss in far-away London. He knows, though, that a geopolitical catastrophe is brewing, and now is both the moment to prove himself and the moment his country needs him most. Unfortunately, this is also the moment he begins to realize what his aspiration might cost him. He understands his life is at stake when activities in China suddenly escalate from innocent data-gathering and casual strolls along German military concessions to arrest warrants and knife attacks. Meanwhile, a sharp, vivacious American suffragette journalist has wiled her way deep into his affections, and it is not long before he realizes that her Irish-American family might be embroiled in the Irish Republican movement Jack's bosses are fighting against. How can he choose between his country and the woman he loves? And would he even be able to make such a choice without losing both?"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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