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The international bestseller takes you on a fast-paced, nail-biting thrill ride from the Great Pyramids in Cairo, to behind the Nazi lines in Berlin, to the very seat of democracy as our hero tries to unravel a plot that could kill FDR and Winston Churchill. To save the Western Allies, he must kill the woman he loves... November 1943: Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever--to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany. Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission--Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr's most brilliant and daring agents. He is a man with a tortured soul and a talent for the impossible. Accompanied by an expert undercover team and Rachael Stern, the young and beautiful Egyptologist, Halder must race against time across a hostile desert to reach Cairo and successfully complete the assignment, or else forfeit his life and the life of his son. When US military intelligence hears about the plan, they assign Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Weaver, one of their best officers, to hunt down and eliminate Halder and his team. But for Weaver, as well as for Halder and Stern, there's more than the balance of war and the lives of the Allied leaders at stake--a pact of love and friendship will be tested in the frantic, high-stakes chase to the death. Based on a real attempt to kill the President, The Cairo Code is a breathless, suspenseful thriller--a heart-wrenching tale of friendship, love, and treachery set against the exotic and intriguing backdrop of wartime Egypt. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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 Google Books — A carregar...GénerosSistema Decimal de Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificação da Biblioteca do Congresso dos EUA (LCC)AvaliaçãoMédia: (3.25)
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Author: Glenn Meade
Pages: 592
Year: 2016
Publisher: Howard
My rating is 3 stars.
Other novels by Glenn Meade that I have enjoyed were Brandenburg and The Romanov Conspiracy, so when I learned of The Cairo Code being released it piqued my interest. The author has a very gifted way of writing historical fiction with suspense, tension, mystery with multiple plots occurring simultaneously. While it might sound as if a reader might get lost in the maze of plots, the tale is crafted so well that the action moves at a brisk pace with returning frequently to other action so as to keep characters fresh in the reader’s mind.
The Cairo Code was originally published as The Sands of Sakkara published in 1999. Originally, having owned The Sands of Sakkara, I was hoping that the author not only wrote more action and suspense into the book, but also removed the foul language. In The Cairo Code, there are very few uses of foul language, and while there are no explicit sex scenes some descriptions of female northern body parts were mentioned. The descriptions distracted from the story being told and frankly were embarrassing to read each time they appeared in the book.
I really enjoy fiction when written with historical settings, time frames and people. I love suspense and the tension of all that occurs in catching spies, saving lives, action scenes and more. While set during President Roosevelt’s term in office, most of the scenes occur overseas due to a conference planned with Winston Churchill. Frankly, those two men would put any novel on my radar as with any historical novel. I just wish the author would not have made so many references to female bodies. It isn’t because I am unaware of what went on during war, but it did not need to be mentioned.
Personally, I am disappointed as I know the author is very talented and I would love nothing better than suggest you read the novel. However, it is sad to say that I cannot on this novel.
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