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Jackdaws
- Author
- Ken Follett
- Narrator
- Emilia Fox
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 16 August 2018
- Run Time
- 17 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second World War, read by Emilia Fox, who expertly brings the story to life.
A Failed Mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.
A Daring Plan
With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team – the Jackdaws – will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.
A Race Against Time
However, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher – Dieter Franck – to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .
Critics Review
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Master storyteller
The Times
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Compelling reading . . . great entertainment
Baltimore Sun
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Suspenseful, gripping
New York Post
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Book 5.0
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Details
- Author
- Ken Follett
- Narrator
- Emilia Fox
- Duration
- 17 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 August 2018
- ISBN
- 9781509865178
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Espionage and spy thriller, Second World War fiction, Historical fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second World War, read by Emilia Fox, who expertly brings the story to life.A Failed MissionTwo weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.A Daring PlanWith invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team – the Jackdaws – will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.A Race Against TimeHowever, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher – Dieter Franck – to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .
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