"A masterful and fascinating historical thriller set around the catastrophic events of the Dieppe Raid in 1942. "
Skilfully plotted against the events of history with beautifully observed characters, this dynamic and powerful novel focuses on the 1942 Dieppe Raid. The Spoils of War Collection is one of my favourites, it isn’t in chronological order and the focus isn’t always the same characters, so calling it a collection is perfect. Knowing that the events of the war took place, then stepping into such a well-written story heightens emotions. I knew what happened in the Dieppe Raid, yet felt as though I was reading about it for the first time. As usual we meet a number of characters (Schultz is a particular favourite of mine). We see them in epic and intimate moments, the writing ensures it is all too easy to believe the words that come out of their mouths and their behaviour. Author Graham Hurley successfully breaks down the barriers between good and evil, and even right and wrong, proving humanity and individuals more than capable of all actions, sometimes within breaths of each other. He weaves fact and fiction into the most incredibly taut story, and there were points when I wanted to read through my fingers. This joins the collection of stories that we want to shout about as a LoveReading Star Book, and Book of the Month. The Blood of Others brilliantly slips into the Spoils of War Collection, it has must-read stamped all over it.
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The new blockbuster thriller from Graham Hurley, The Blood of Others is part of the SPOILS OF WAR Collection, a thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events of World War II.
Dieppe, August 1942. A catastrophe no headline dared admit.
Plans are underway for the boldest raid yet on Nazi-occupied France. Over six thousand men will storm ashore to take the port of Dieppe. Lives will change in an instant – both on the beaches and in distant capitals.
Annie Wrenne, working at Lord Mountbatten's cloak-and-dagger Combined Operations headquarters, is privy to the top secret plans for the daring cross-Channel raid.
Young Canadian journalist George Hogan, protege of influential Lord Beaverbrook, faces a crucial assignment that will test him to breaking point.
And Abwehr intelligence officer Wilhelm Schultz is baiting a trap to lure thousands of Allied troops to their deaths…
Three lives linked by Operation Jubilee: the Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942. Over six thousand men will storm the heavily defended French beaches.
Less than half of them will make it back alive.
The blockbuster SPOILS OF WAR non-chronological collection features compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror the war that shattered the globe. For fans of Philip Kerr and Robert Harris.
The Blood of Others features in the following genres: Espionage and spy thriller, Books of the Month, Action Adventure, Thriller and Suspense, Second World War fiction, Fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Recommendations, Star Books, Historical Fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Fiction: narrative themes, Audiobooks of the Month
The Blood of Others is available in Paperback, Hardback, Audiobook
The Blood of Others was written by Graham Hurley and published by Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
The Blood of Others has 381 pages
Yes it is part of Spoils of War series
£8.99
