The Devil's Cocktail
Will be published approx. on 23. April 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
388 pages
978-0-7490-1810-8 (ISBN)
Description
BOOK 2 in the Wallace of the Secret Service series
An intrigue against Britain by Bolshevik agents is strongly suspected at MI6. Sir Leonard Wallace sends Captain Hugh Shannon, disguised as a professor of English Literature, to India to get to the bottom of it.
An intrigue against Britain by Bolshevik agents is strongly suspected at MI6. Sir Leonard Wallace sends Captain Hugh Shannon, disguised as a professor of English Literature, to India to get to the bottom of it.
Reviews / Votes
'a romping read ... James Bond may find he has a worthy rival' Daily Mail 'Without Alexander Wilson, there is no James Bond, there is no Bourne, there is no George Smiley. Unmissable' Tony Parsons 'Vintage spy fiction, this intriguing forerunner to the work of Ian Fleming and John Le Carre is exciting and engrossing' Good Book GuideMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7490-1810-8 (9780749018108)
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Alexander Wilson
Wallace of the Secret Service
E-Book
04/2015
Allison & Busby
€9.59
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Person
Alexander Wilson was a writer, spy and secret service officer. He served in the First World War before moving to India to teach as a Professor of English Literature, and began writing spy novels whilst there. During WW2, Wallace worked as an intelligence agent. He enjoyed great success and notoriety for his writing in the 1940s, with reviews in the Telegraph, Observer, Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. He died in 1963.