A jewel in the crown /
Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven n...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Publishing Corp.,
[2024].
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| Series: | Lewis, David (Cinematographer). Secret Churchill files.
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| Summary: | Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels from the Nazis, Winston Churchill devises a daring gamble to have them shipped overseas. The priceless artifacts will be secretly removed from the Tower of London and driven north to Scotland by two operatives posing as a young married couple, to be taken from there to Canada. Caitrin Colline, a Welsh coalminer's daughter and an ardent socialist, will play the wife of Lord Marlton, Hector Neville-Percy. A less likely couple is at first difficult to imagine. Yet Caitrin's bold, streetwise confidence and sharp wits complement Hector's social ease and connections, essential to a second part of their mission, uncovering Nazi sympathizers within the highest ranks of Britain's aristocracy. |
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| Physical Description: | 294 pages ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781496749093 149674909X |