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Lädt ... Codewort Cromwell. Polit- Thriller.von Ted Allbeury
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Even in the heady days of 1940, there was one invasion Adolf Hitler would not risk - the invasion of Britain. However, the followers of Max von Bayer were a desperate group who were prepared to defy the Fuhrer's ultimate authority and face almost certain death. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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I think I downloaded this in a fervour of misplaced enthusiasm, after hearing about another of Allbeury’s novels, ‘The Twentieth Day of January’ which had some pertinence in the run up to President Trump’s inauguration. I chose poorly with that book, and I repeated the error here.
Perhaps my response to this book was exacerbated by the fact that I had just finished an excellent spy thriller, Mick Herron’s ‘Spook Street’ which was one of the finest in that genre that I have read. Allbeury’s book was of an entirely different character. Emotionally stilted and labouring under the weight of a plot whose implausibility matched the woodenness of its characters.
I was left wondering why Allbeury bothered. More to the point, why did I? (