“Colonel Aubertin and his two colleagues sat on a park bench in the private garden of Dorset Square. Rougemont sat between his two superiors, pleased that for once the commandant appeared to have had an abstemious lunch. “Major Vane-Stewart was telling me the other day that this was once the site of the first important cricket ground in London, established by the same Thomas Lord who later built the famous ground that bears his name, a few miles to the north of us in St. John’s Wood. There is a plaque recording this fact in that shed over there. In the middle of the square.” “Cricket.” Angers spat out the words with disgust. “A stupid game played by idiots. Only the English could invent such a boring name.” WarTruthHistoryVictoryDefeatInsightInsightfulDestroyHidden SecretsMomentous Book:The French Spy Source: The French Spy
“Ivan, the Russian sharpshooter, was sitting, gun in hand, behind one of Borg’s men on a motorbike further down South Eaton Place. The wooden barriers, the parked lorry and the elderly gentleman with the stick were all part of Isaac Walsh’s plan, aimed at hampering the policemen and giving Abbott a chance to escape.” WarHistoryCuriosityCriminalsInvestigationWwiiWartimeSoviet History Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer
“Merlin stood up. For once, late as it was, he was pleased to see the Assistant Commissioner because he had been trying unsuccessfully to get hold of him all day. “May I introduce Detective Bernard Goldberg of the New York Police Department.” Merlin held out a hand to the stocky young man now standing on the AC’s right. Detective Goldberg was an inch or two shorter than Merlin, with a closely cropped head of dark-brown hair and the crumpled face of a man who might have walked into a wall.” WarHistoryCuriosityCriminalsInvestigationWwiiWartimeSoviet History Book:The French Spy Source: The French Spy
“Robinson had thoroughly enjoyed her evening at the opera. Her only previous experience had been a performance of Wagner, to which the Assistant Commissioner, an avid Wagnerian, had taken her a year before. It was a strange but admirable British characteristic, she had thought at the time, how little antagonism was directed against the great artistic creations of the enemy, even of Richard Wagner, the great idol of Hitler.” LossHistoryViolenceSacrificeHatredDescriptivePerspectivesSenseless ViolenceEye OpenerFrontline Journalist Book:The French Spy Source: The French Spy
“Goldberg was a tough, square-jawed New York detective who by various odd quirks of fate now held a position in the US military administration in London. In 1942, the British government had ceded to the American military police all legal jurisdiction over American troops stationed in the UK.” FightingFictionHistoryDramaWeaponsHistoricalSuspenseRiflesDaggersWeaponry Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer
“Trenton got up and made for the bathroom. On the way he paused to put a record on the gramophone. He loved music first thing in the morning and his good friend Fred Astaire was a particular favourite. As he stepped into the bath, he began to sing along. ‘Da da da da da da…I’m putting’ on my top hat, tying up my white tie, brushing’ off my tails.” HistoryMilitaryAdventureSuspense19th CenturyLocal HistoryFact BasedKhartoumDervish Enemy Book:Death of an Officer Source: Death of an Officer