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The Key to Rebecca
by Follett, Ken
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/VG-
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Beige boards, beige cloth spine with gilt titles, red endpapers, 381 pp. Some edge rubbing & a sharp bump to bottom edge of rear board. DJ edge worn with many small tears 1 cm and under; in Brodart archival cover. World War 2 spy thriller set in 1942 north Africa. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/VG-. 24 X 16 cm.
Synopsis
He is known to the Germans as 'Sphinx', to others as Alex Wolff, a European businessman. He arrives suddenly in Cairo from out of the desert, armed with a radio set, a lethal blade and a copy of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca – a ruthless man with a burning, relentless conviction that he will win at all costs. The stakes are high, for the survival of the British campaign in North Africa is in the balance. Only Major William Vandam, an intelligence officer, and the beautiful courtesan Elene can put an end to Wolff's brilliant clandestine reports of British troop movements and strategic plans. As Rommel's troops come closer to victory, Vandam edges nearer to Wolff and the crucial key. Follett builds tension and suspense to a nerve-tearing pitch as he follows the adversaries across the infernal desert to a confrontation which will determine who wins – and loses – in this deathly struggle. In all of Cairo, only two people can stop him. One is a down-on-his-luck English officer no one will listen to. The other is a vulnerable young Jewish girl.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Twin City Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LIMY00156
- Title
- The Key to Rebecca
- Author
- Follett, Ken
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 24 X 16 cm
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Espionage Thrillers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery & Thrillers;
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