Jackdaws by Ken Follett
It is May, 1944 -- a time of international tension where nothing is certain ...Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance attack a chateau containing a telephone exchange vital to German communications -- but the building is heavily guarded and the attack fails disastrously. Flick Clairet, a young British secret agent, proposes a daring new plan: she will parachute into France with an all-woman team known as the 'Jackdaws' and they will penetrate the chateau in disguise. But, unknown to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant, ruthless Intelligence colonel, Dieter Franck, to crush the Resistance. And Dieter is on Flick's trail ...From the master storyteller and bestselling author of Eye of the Needle and Code to Zero comes the new thriller, set against the menacing backdrop of the Second World War and crackling with suspense and action.
Ken Follett was born in Cardiff, Wales. Barred from watching films and television by his parents, he developed an early interest in reading thanks to a local library. After studying philosophy at University College London, he became involved in centre-left politics, entering into journalism soon after. His first thriller, the wartime spy drama Eye of the Needle, became an international bestseller and has sold over 10 million copies. He then astonished everyone with his first historical novel, The Pillars of the Earth, the story of the building of a medieval cathedral, which went on to become one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. One of the most popular authors in the world, his many books including the Kingsbridge series and the Century trilogy - a body of work which together chronicles over a thousand years of history - and his latest novel Never - which envisages how World War III could happen - have sold more than 188 million copies. A father and husband, Ken lives with his wife in England and enjoys travelling the world when he can. Samantha Bond's many television credits include Poirot, Inspector Morse, Midsomer Murders, The Bill, Kavanagh QC and The Murder Room. She has also starred as Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films: Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9781405005005 |
| Title | Jackdaws |
| Release date | 2002-11-22 |
| Format | Abridged Audiobook |
| Studio | Macmillan Digital Audio |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | Ken Follett |
| Read by | Samantha Bond |