The 'spring' of Julian Semyonov's spy thriller is the hope of peace returning to the world as the setting is Berlin, in February 1945. Hitler - increasingly out of touch with reality - hides in his bunker while his disillusioned armies are being pushed back on all fronts. It is the SS and the dreaded Gestapo who dominate Germany. The 'spring' of Julian Semyonov's spy thriller is the hope of peace returning to the world as the setting is Berlin, in February 1945. Hitler - increasingly out of touch with reality - hides in his bunker while his disillusioned armies are being pushed back on all fronts. It is the SS and the dreaded Gestapo who dominate Germany. The Nazi leaders, knowing that the end is at hand, struggle against each other for power - making their escape plans and negotiating secretly to split the Allies in order to save their own skins. Against this background, von Stirlitz, a high-ranking SS officer and a spy for the Russians, is given the assignment to involve himself in these negotiations - knowing that they could blow his cover.
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Höhe: 215 mm
Breite: 137 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-0-7145-4150-1 (9780714541501)
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Semyonov was Russia's top-selling novelist. His spy stories, crime stories and political novels parallel the work of John Le Carre, Graham Greene and other western masters. Fast-moving and compulsive reading, they also give the benefit of Semyonov's research into the archives of modern history. He was granted access to confidential KGB files by Soviet leader Yuri Andropov who was eager for the Russian public to have their own fictional espionage heroes.
