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The Emerald Spy by Nicola Cassidy

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The Emerald Spy

Author
Nicola Cassidy
Narrator
Siobhan Waring
Publisher
Soundings
Publish Date
1 May 2025
Run Time
8 hours 26 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Historical fiction
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Against the simmering tensions of summer 1939, a group of evacuees flee Vienna for the sanctuary of Newtown House in Ireland. Haunted by their pasts and those they have left behind, Gisela Müller and Hans Schmitt struggle to settle into their new, rural Irish home. Tasked with being a companion to the precocious and spoiled Nola de Freyne, Gisela misses her previous scholarly life terribly. Meanwhile, Hans pines for his true love, Anja. With the surprise arrival of a German secret agent to Ireland, Gisela and Nola find themselves caught up in a plot of espionage and IRA politics that will change Hans' and their lives forever. But who is the true Emerald Spy? And what exactly is it that they seek at Newtown House?

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Author
Nicola Cassidy
Narrator
Siobhan Waring
Duration
8 hours 26 minutes
Release Date
1 May 2025
ISBN
9781399186322
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Soundings
Genre
Historical fiction

Synopsis

Against the simmering tensions of summer 1939, a group of evacuees flee Vienna for the sanctuary of Newtown House in Ireland. Haunted by their pasts and those they have left behind, Gisela Müller and Hans Schmitt struggle to settle into their new, rural Irish home. Tasked with being a companion to the precocious and spoiled Nola de Freyne, Gisela misses her previous scholarly life terribly. Meanwhile, Hans pines for his true love, Anja. With the surprise arrival of a German secret agent to Ireland, Gisela and Nola find themselves caught up in a plot of espionage and IRA politics that will change Hans' and their lives forever. But who is the true Emerald Spy? And what exactly is it that they seek at Newtown House?

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