Microbes of Power
Published on 17. September 2015
370 pages
978-0-7490-1875-7 (ISBN)
Description
BOOK 6 in the Wallace of the Secret Service series
When two ex-ministers of Greece are given an effusive welcome in Cyprus following their failed attempt to overthrow the Greek government, Sir Leonard Wallace suspects something other than intense sympathy is afoot. He dispatches Captain Hugh Shannon to investigate, leading to a full-blooded, stirring yarn which grips the interest and carries the reader through a host of adventures to a breathless and highly exciting climax.
When two ex-ministers of Greece are given an effusive welcome in Cyprus following their failed attempt to overthrow the Greek government, Sir Leonard Wallace suspects something other than intense sympathy is afoot. He dispatches Captain Hugh Shannon to investigate, leading to a full-blooded, stirring yarn which grips the interest and carries the reader through a host of adventures to a breathless and highly exciting climax.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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0,96 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7490-1875-7 (9780749018757)
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Alexander Wilson
Microbes of Power
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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.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER ONE: A Report from Cyprus
- CHAPTER TWO: A Spot of Bother
- CHAPTER THREE: The Tale of a Microphone
- CHAPTER FOUR: Painters' Jackets
- CHAPTER FIVE: Agent Number Thirty-Three
- CHAPTER SIX: Kidnapped in Nicosia
- CHAPTER SEVEN: In Her Country's Service
- CHAPTER EIGHT: Thalia Ictinos
- CHAPTER NINE: A Surprise for Shannon
- CHAPTER TEN: Thalia is Frank
- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Love at First Sight
- CHAPTER TWELVE: A Meeting in the Pincio
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Up a Chimney
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Amorous Herr Kirche
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Shannon is Trailed-
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: And Administers Chastisement
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Man in the Flat
- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Death in a Hypodermic Syringe
- CHAPTER NINETEEN: At the Mercy of a Fiend
- CHAPTER TWENTY: From the Flames
- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: A Gallant Daughter of Greece
- About the Author
- By Alexander Wilson
- Copyright
