The Envoy by Edward Wilson
The brilliant opening novel of the Catesby series, by a former special forces officer and 'the thinking person's John le Carre'
'A glorious, seething broth of historical fact and old-fashioned spy story' -The Times 'Sophisticated and convincing' -Sunday Telegraph 'A page-turner to the last' -Tribune 'This is not only one of the three or four best spy novels I've ever read, it is also a startlingly honest and insightful account of the post-war settlement and the true motives behind the cold war' -Emmanuel Cooper, Morning Star'Wilson, author of one of the best novels about the war in Vietnam (A River in May) has here created an utterly convincing and intensely readable novel about a period, a mere fifty years ago, when the world was in dangerous flux' -Peter Burton, 3Sixty
Edward Wilson is a native of Baltimore. He studied International Relations on a US Army scholarship and later served as a Special Forces officer in Vietnam. He received the Army Commendation Medal with 'V' for his part in rescuing wounded Vietnamese soldiers from a minefield. His other decorations include the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. After leaving the Army, Wilson became an expatriate and gave up US nationality to become a British citizen. He has also lived and worked in Germany and France, and was a post-graduate student at Edinburgh University. He now lives in Suffolk where he taught English and Modern Languages for thirty years.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781906413125 |
| ISBN 10 | 1906413126 |
| Title | The Envoy |
| Author | Edward Wilson |
| Series | William Catesby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-04-27 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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