Description
Product ID: | 9781509865437 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Hornet Flight |
Authors: | Author: Ken Follett |
Page Count: | 608 |
Subjects: | Espionage and spy thriller, Espionage & spy thriller, Second World War fiction, Second World War fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating From the extraordinary storyteller Ken Follett, Hornet Flight is a breathtaking, thrilling story of resistance in Nazi-occupied Denmark. <p><b>As the Nazis bring Denmark to its knees, a resistance forms – and make a discovery that could turn the tide of war. From the master storyteller Ken Follett, <i>Hornet Flight</i> is a startling thriller set amidst the Danish Resistance of the Second World War.<br><br>Europe in Darkness</b><br>1941. The Nazis have Denmark in their vice-like grip, their malign presence corroding everything its inhabitants hold dear. Even the police betray their countrymen and work with the Gestapo to hunt down spies.<br><b> <br>A Glimmer of Hope</b><br>In this hostile climate the Danish resistance discover a secret that could change the course of the war – proof of an advanced German radar installation that is causing catastrophic losses to Allied planes bringing the fight to Germany.<br><b> <br>A Dangerous Mission</b><br>The resistance must get the information to the British and will have only one chance, using a near-derelict Hornet Moth bi-plane mouldering away in a church. If they succeed the balance of the war will be tipped in the Allies’ favour but failure will see them killed . . .</p> |
Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2019-05-30 |