La Clave Esta En Rebeca / The Key to Rebecca (Paperback)

from CathyLeming

A spy story that boils down to a battle of wits. This book challenged my thinking on good guys and bad guys. Although the antagonist, Alex Wolf, had some unsavory personality traits, he wasn't wholly evil. The protagonist, William Vandam, was not wholly good. Both used women, but only Vandam was ...

from jeffome

St. Barts 2019 #4 - This is a book that i know i read on a post-college graduation trip thru europe with a friend, but i have absolutely no recollection. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as has been the case for the most part of Follett's earlier spy works....and i love reading a book with a connection to ...

from ElizabethCromb

Reread in 2020. A great read based around the north African battle between Germany and Britain as part of the fight for Nazi expansion and British resistance. Touches on the issues around colonisation of Egypt as well as alliances and enmities.

from MomsterBookworm

In this page-turning thriller set in World War II, Field Marshall Rommel leads a German invasion of Egypt. To aid in this effort, a spy is sent into the heart of the conflict. In infiltrating English-controlled Egypt, this spy -- armed with only his wits and charm, and a copy of Daphne du Maurier...

from tmph

Again, Follett is not a very good writer, but the stories, and the wholly opposite sides of stories he tells, here the Egyptians/Germans vs. the British, make the stories pretty worthwhile. (In "The Man from St Petersburg," the anachist's story is fully told). Not exactly recommended but not a wa...