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assignment in brittany by helen macinnes ~ 1942. this edition: little, brown & co. , 1942. hardcover. 373 pages .
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engrossing and enjoyable spy story about a british spy in nazi - occupied brittany .
the queen of spy writers returns in a stunning series collecting all of her greatest works! titan kicks off with assignment in brittany; the gripping tale of an undercover operative deep in nazi - occupied france .
jean - pierre aumont (day for night) made his u. s. movie debut playing a french resistance fighter who' s a dead ringer for a nazi official in assignment in brittany (1943) .
jean - pierre aumont (day for night) made his u. s. movie debut playing a french resistance fighter who' s a dead ringer for a nazi official in assignment in brittany (1943). >
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the first scenes of jumping into brittany were used as training for parajumpers in the military. great story !
read this book whilst visiting brittany, really enjoyed the story line, a real page turner .
above suspicion was the first, and published in 1941 in the opening moves of what was to become the prolonged agony of the second great war, its urgent and foreboding tone rocketed it to bestseller heights. macinnes followed her first novel by another even more topically urgent and dark, assignment in brittany, in 1942 .
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[ … ] i can think of. we have undercover missions and secret liasons, and a french village that recalled assignment in brittany. the horror and tragedy of the war are still present, but i guess the figures involved just seemed [ … ]
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i just picked up assignment in brittany at a booksale, however, so i know that i’ve never read it before. it’s a lovely jacketed hardcover, not a book club edition but the real deal from 1942. according to the jacket biography this was only her second book .
this is a good story in a nice setting its nice to read a good old fashioned thriller before technology and drugs were involved. i read it onholiday in brittany and really enjoyed it
another review claimed that the book was given to american soldiers being sent to france later in the war. i have no idea whether or not that’s true, but if it is it speaks for the resonance and accuracy of the novel. assignment in brittany was also apparently made into a movie in 1943. hopefully i’ll be able to watch it either through netflix or tcm .
the action continues in her second novel, assignment in brittany. the unlikely plot this time involves one martin hearn, who looks so much like an injured french soldier named bertrand corlay that military intelligence decides to have hearn impersonate corlay, and send him back to corlay’s home. corlay lives in an area of nazi - occupied france, and it would be quite a coup to have a british agent live in the area and report on nazi activities .
assignment in brittany. (1942). helen macinnes. * * *. macinnes was a very popular writer of spy novels – up there with ambler and greene in her day. her novels tended to be low - key, but well plotted. in this adventure, martin hearnes, a member of one of our intelligence groups, takes on the responsibility of heading off to france to learn more about what is going on in brittany. he has a cover: a man who looks exactly like him has just been rescued after a battle with the axis forces. that man is
i so agree with darlynne about the experience of reading old books that were written during the time they were set. assignment in brittany was published in 1942; for those first readers it was a contemporary thriller, not a recreation of an earlier era. it’s hard to imagine how people must have felt, reading books like this when the world was still at war and the future so uncertain .
i have read above suspicion numerous times through the years, but assignment in brittany was new to me, and i was pleased at how engaging both of these were, even though in the first i knew the plot inside and out, and the second i guessed at rather successfully all of the way through, except for the rather heartrending (but ultimately optimistic) twist at the very end .
martin hearne, british intelligence agent, finds himself in nazi - occupied brittany, posing as bertrand corlay, with the frenchman' s life reduced to headings in his memory. this is a story of treachery and intrigue .
i am a huge fan of helen macinnes. / assignment in brittany / is one of her early works set during wwii. one thing i think macinnes excels at is writing from the male perspective. add in a tense espionage mission, a
tale of martin guerre
case of assumed identity, and love and you have a story with real stakes. the uncertain ending just makes it especially poignant. highly recommend !
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i have been re - reading helen macinnes novels, which were beach - reading staples as a teenager. her work holds up very well, considering the significant changes since she wrote. assignment in brittany was her second novel, set during world war ii and published in 1942 - - very much of - the - moment in her day. she captures beautifully the isolation hearne feels as he hides in occupied france and figures out what he can and cannot accomplish. the romance is a little predictable by modern standards, and
like susan, i read macinnes way back in the ’60s and ’70s. i know i read ‘assignment in brittany’, but nothing stuck! i do have fond memories of her first–‘above suspicion’. my favorite was ‘the venetian affair’ (which was made into a mediocre movie starring robert vaughn (fresh from his man from uncle gig) and felecia farr). she did several non - spy things in the late ’40s which are enjoyable–‘friends and lovers’ is a charming romance and ‘rest and be thankful’ is set in the american west .
to prepare for a fiction class i recently taught, i re - read assignment in brittany which i had read back in the' 70s. it was, as then, a wonderful read: good, old fashioned espionage. it says a great deal about a book when the major spy organizations in the uk made this book required reading for their agents. macinnes' husband was in mi6, and her book was so well done that the government suspected her husband of revealing classified information to helen. he had not (tom clancy had the same exper
review taken from my blog, headsfilmreviews dot com helen macinnes was a remarkable woman. she was a scots presbyterian young lady of glasgow (my mother' s stomping grounds), degreed in french and german, a librarian, a classic german literature translator, a european traveler, an amateur actress and a wife of an mi6 british intelligence agent. she has a number of espionage thrillers to her name, and her second novel, assignment in brittany, reads as though she had been fully immersed in breton cu
i like it, though the story is a bit far fetch setting at the time before the battle of britain, the british forces could hardly be in a position tosend commando raid to raid brittany. the story would be more creditable if it was set in 1942 - 43 .
macinnes knew spy craft very well, and if you were sharp you picked up some good observational advice. like how one guy was a bit too liberal with the use of cooking oil while everyone else in occupied france is scraping by and using as little as possible. that clue, combined with a few others, show that the cook might be in the pay of the enemy. assignment in brittany was full of practical little observations of that sort, which made it a useful training tool for men heading behind the lines. these are the details that shine .
france may have signed an armistice with germany, but the british are still very interested in any suspicious german activity in the region of brittany. if the nazis are able to set up base along the coast here than things could get very bad for england. the intelligence office needs men to act as eyes, and hearne is the perfect choice. he has long been interested in brittany and its people because of his own cornish descent, and even studied for a year at the unversity in rennes before the war. in appearances he is a doppelganger to corlay, and can mimic the man’s breton accent perfectly .
during the war a french officer (jean - pierre aumont) is assigned by the british to impersonate a lookalike who is in their custody so that he can go live with his mother (marvellous margaret wycherly) in his village in brittany in order to find the hiding place of nazi submarines. typical wartime propaganda marred by the romantic sub - plot as he romances susan peters while tackling nazis in their usual villainous mode. pretty dull .
fascinating account of an english spy in brittany during wwii. the attention to detail necessary to pull off impersonating a known resident of the town is astounding. could this really happen? i don' t know, but it was a page turner .
oh, so retro! these helen macinnes thrillers were everywhere when i was a teenager — she might even be comparable to the lee child of the era, which says a lot about cultural changes in the last 50 years. i never read them because they moved pretty slowly and because the proportion of romance to action was low for the teenage me. but assignment in brittany was a laundry - room acquisition and it fit the bill perfectly when i was laid low by a migraine. (that’s the good kind of illness, when you feel too sick to do anything but lie in bed and read! )
he stared at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. three hours ago he had stood on english soil. three hours ago he had been martin hearne, british intelligence agent. now he was in nazi - occupied brittany, posing as bertrand corlay, with the frenchman’s life reduced to headings in his memory .
of course helen macinnes was a moonlighting librarian, married to an academic, so she would consider books an index to character. i knew that her husband was the columbia university classicist gilbert highet, but i did not know until i checked wikipedia that he had been in mi6. nor that assignment in brittany “was required reading for allied intelligence agents who were being sent to work with the french resistance against the nazis. ” actually now that i think of it, macinnes ‘ books seem to cover a lot of the same territory as alan furst’s — but she’s earnestly informative, while he’s performing all those smoky, romantic riffs on the same themes .
helen macinnes was a scottish - american author of espionage novels. she graduated from the university of glasgow in scotland in 1928 with a degree in french and german. a librarian, she married professor gilbert highet in 1932 and moved with her husband to new york in 1937 so he could teach classics at columbia university. she wrote her first novel, above suspicion, in 1939. she wrote many bestselling suspense novels and became an american citizen in 1951 .
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helen macinnes was a scottish - american author of espionage novels. she graduated from the university of glasgow in scotland in 1928 with a degree in french and german. a librarian, she married professor gilbert highet in 1932 and moved with her husband to new york in 1937 so he could teach classics at columbia university. she wrote her first novel, above suspicion, in 1939. she wrote many bestsell
to prepare for a fiction class i recently taught, i re - read assignment in brittany which i had read back in the' 70s. it was, as then, a wonderful read: good, old fashioned espionage. it says a great deal about a book when the major spy organizations in the uk made this book required reading for their agents. macinnes' husband was in mi6, and her book was so well done that the government suspected her husband of revealing classified information to helen. he had not (tom clancy had the same experience after his book the hunt for red october was published. he was called before a congressional committee to reveal how he got his submarine information. his reply :
i went to the public library .
) the characters are well drawn and the situations very realistic. the book is so well written that there is tension / suspense on nearly every page. macinnes will always have a special place in my pantheon of favorite writers. apparently i am not alone in my love of her books. in 2013 all were reissued .
i have been reading an old musty edition of this book, which i borrowed from a friend because it appears to be out of print. it is a spy story in which the main character impersonates a frenchman, whom he resembles, and takes up residence at his home in brittany. the frenchman' s mother is shortsighted and much is made of this - - unncessarily, in my view. i am also shortsighted and i am absolutely sure that very little of the information we use to recognise people is visual. many great stories in
one of the best books about an undercover agent in wwii... a great story; written while ww ii was ongoing in europe .
i am headed to brittany in may. so the title had me from the get go. i loved reading about the old towns and kept my map handy. unfortunately of course the smaller villages are imaginary. but i mean to track down what i can. and the history of the breton language is interesting. a good old fashioned ww2 intrigue .
an engishman who bears a uncanny resemblance to a frenchman wounded in battle travels to the man' s small village in brittany and impersonates him in order to gain information about french resources and enemy plans. of course, there are surprises along the way. a bit too long, but engaging, and better than my other macinnes read. my ancient copy was printed during the war, and the inside of the dust jacket prommotes other great works at similarly reduced prices: the world' s great speeches, practi
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he stared at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. three hours ago he had stood on english soil. three hours ago he had been martin hearne, british intelligence agent. now he was in nazi - occupied brittany, posing as bertrand corlay. hearne looked down at the faded uniform which had been corlays, felt for the papers in the inside pocket. he was ready. from now on he was one step away from death ...
while it seemed to get off to a rather slow start, it quickly picked up the pace and became a well - written spy - yarn and filled with rich images and suspense. the plot follows a british agent, our hero hearne, who is discovered to be the spitting image of a guy who had been picked up wounded in a battle with axis forces, one bertrand corlay. this fellow corlay, a frenchman from brittany, will spend the rest of the war in the hospital. here is an opportunity to send hearne in his place. hearne learns him well, his language nuances, his town, the people there, what they do and who they are. hearne learns corlay’s business, and even had a cosmetic birthmark applied, which comes in handy later. he is going to drop in by parachute, take up the role of corlay, and find out all info about the state of things in brittany, and report back regularly. after all, the war effort includes a coming invasion almost two years away, so any kind of intel about the nazis is vital intel, especially in this area where a future invasion might occur .
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an engishman who bears a uncanny resemblance to a frenchman wounded in battle travels to the man' s small village in brittany and impersonates him in order to gain information about french resources and enemy plans. of course, there are surprises along the way. a bit too long, but engaging, and better than my other macinnes read. my ancient copy was printed during the war, and the inside of the dust jacket prommotes other great works at similarly reduced prices: the world' s great speeches, practical outline of mechanial trades for home study, lillian eichler' s new book of etiquette, etc .
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on its front cover, it is most definitely a dyed - in - the - wool spy novel. because the copy was given to me in a box of books, i persevered and read the entire 336 pages. with the book written in 1942, i thought it was interesting that ms. macinnes pointed out in her introduction in the reprint of the book that after wwii, she personally met veterans who tried to track down the places described in the
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her first, above suspicion, made its appearance in 1941. in this, the spousal and amateur - spy team of richard and frances myles are about to go on vacation when the british government politely asks the couple if they would participate in a wee bit of espionage along the way .
martin hearne is parachuted into brittany, into the very forefront of the nazi occupation, in the guise of his french body double, bertrand corlay. many surprises await hearne, not least of which is the discovery that his predecessor was less than forthcoming about some of his own activities before his evacuation to england via the dunkirk debacle. for instance, his pre - marital arrangement with the neighbouring farmer’s daughter, anne, and his estrangement from his invalid mother, who keeps strictly to her own rooms in the shared household. who is beautiful and passionately forthcoming elise? why do the nazi occupiers greet “bertrand corlay” with warm enthusiasm, while his fellow villagers hiss in cold disgust ?
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macinnes uses a pace that one finds in older novels, slowly building up the tension, concentrating less on action in the beginning and more on subtle details of darkness. you can feel the nazis slowly constricting not just the myles, but the societies in which they operate. writing in 1940 (the book was published in 1941), macinness rails against nazi ideology and cultures which either attempt to assimilate or feel that they can “handle” the interlopers. those cultures are about to be destroyed .
it begins in media res with martin hearne about to parachute into occupied france. meticulously he mentally reviews the situation: his miraculous resemblance to an injured frenchman brought to england after dunkirk, his superior checking and rechecking the man’s background all the while slotting this mission into the greater whole of discovering exactly what the germans will be up to, his memorization of the man’s life and his small village, and his own knowledge of brittany. with a wave signal of the pilot’s hand, he’s off, jumping into the empty night sky, frantically hoping he won’t end up in some gunner’s sights .
can hearne pull off the doppelgänger assignment? we learn quickly that there are things corlay did not tell hearne, especially once he realized why hearne wanted to know everything about him. would hearn fool corlay’s own mother? his betrothed? the farm hands? his mistress that he didn’t know about… more importantly, would hearne be able to move seamlessly into the role that corlay did not even mention, his darker side? would you tell some stranger who looked just like you every secret you kept ?
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this is a very fair, fast moving tale of behind - the - lines warfare in occupied france in 1940. however, the characterisation is rather one - dimensional, and the human interest somewhat stereotyped .
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i hadn’t read her books for many years and this summer i have decided to read as many as i can find in order in which they were published. i had forgotten what a good writer she was .
for the first half of the book, corlay isn’t in very much danger but he discovers an american hiding out on his farm. he decides to help the man escape to the border and have a boat attempt to ship him over the channel to safety in england. this is when the nazis arrive in town .
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occupied brittany, 1940... hearne looked at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. three hours ago he had joked with the red - haired pilot over a last cup of hot chocolate. three hours ago he had stood on english earth. three hours ago he had been martin hearne with 27 years of his life behind him. now he was bertrand corlay, with 26 years of another man' s life reduced to heading
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a classic spy novel set in wwii. macinnes writes intelligently, letting the mysteries and tiny observations of human behavior drive the plot rather than complicated conspiracy motives. drifted toward a melodramatic ending but pulled itself out in the final moments .
easy read and a good page - turner. good atmosphere - remarkable given that the author was writing in the us
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occupied brittany, 1940... hearne looked at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. three hours ago he had joked with the red - haired pilot over a last cup of hot chocolate. three hours ago he had stood on english earth. three hours ago he had been martin hearne with 27 years of his life behind him. now he was bertrand corlay, with 26 years of another man' s life reduced to headings and sub - headings in his memory. he looked down at the faded uniform which had been corlay' s, felt once more for the papers in the inside pocket. all set. he patted the pocked of the tunic with his earth - stained hand, and smiled grimly. from now on, he would not only have to speak, but think, in french ...
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this is a story of the remarkable resemblance of two french men during ww ii: one of whom is dealing traitorously with the nazi occupation, and the other who is sent by british intelligence to try to discover the location of a nazi port in brittany that is destroying english ships. both the mother and the sweetheart of bertrand (the first man) are very disappointed with his activities and find it hard to believe in the goodness of pierre, who is impersonating him, and are slow to accept the deception. complicating the plot is bertrand' s mistress whose existence is unknown to pierre. how the location of the nazi port is discovered and the double - identity is resolved form a thrilling development .
this was something my husband picked up at a flea market and i expected very little from it. it turned out to be an excellent, absorbing and well - paced story. and it gave a great sense of the fear and confusion in the late days of the second world war in france, where the protagonist goes undercover to gather intelligence in occupied france .
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macinnes has the ability to craft a scene, a place, and characters. i found myself scouring maps of north - western france for some of the place - names so i could examine the land on google maps’ street view. besides the obvious larger cities, i discovered like so many readers, that the places are mostly fictional. that said, macinnes’ travels, familiarity with the languages and nuances of regional cultures, and her experience in brittany gives her credible subject - matter authority. the breton culture, its rebel attitude, its mistrust of outsiders, shine through and form good plot - moving devices. the condition of the minds and hearts of the locals is well presented .
macinnes, who wrote more than 20 spy novels, would probably advise any budding espionage writers looking for fieldwork that the next best thing is to marry a spy. her husband, gilbert highet, was an agent for mi6 as well as an eminent oxford classicist. this, her second novel, concerns a british intelligence officer who tries to spy on nazis in brittany by impersonating a french local for whom he happens to be a dead ringer. macinnes pulls off this difficult literary conceit, making you believe that the interloper can really fool his doppelganger’s mother, fiancée and mistress. so authentic was the novel’s depiction of espionage behind enemy lines that it was used to train real - life allied spies .
from 2 may to june 20, 1942. when m - g - m bought the screen rights in february 1942, the novel was titled
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with the nazi occupation of northern france, the underground resistance is forced to sneak about in the dark. hearne, british soldier whose french is excellent, is sent to spy as part of that resistance, and he finds help in hiding with the beautiful anne. danger abounds. action, adventure, suspense - - a gripping story here, memorable in itself and for the skill with which it is told. helen macinnes seems to have passed from the scene, but her spy novels are well worth looking up, and this one could be best of all in my view .
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, aumont fought with the free french forces in tunisia, italy and france. he was awarded both the legion of honor and the croix de guerre .
martin hearne had been summoned by military intelligence and given an important mission – enter nazi - occupied france to gather information about german activities in the area. but to do so hearne must impersonate a frenchman to whom he bears an uncanny resemblance, and that includes having to fool the women in corlay’s life .
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i have been reading an old musty edition of this book, which i borrowed from a friend because it appears to be out of print. it is a spy story in which the main character impersonates a frenchman, whom he resembles, and takes up residence at his home in brittany. the frenchman' s mother is shortsighted and much is made of this - - unncessarily, in my view. i am also shortsighted and i am absolutely sure that very little of the information we use to recognise people is visual. many great stories involve some sort of implausible impersonation, of course, so it' s probably best to leave that to one side and plunge headlong into occupied rural france. the author takes us there by parachute and it' s an exhilarating descent. i find the way helen macinnes writes to be very congenial. it is without humour, which is a bit dull, but she pays close attention to all the evocative little details that bring a place to life. reading one of her books is quite a sensual experience, which makes it especially frustrating to have to read a foetid old cast - off from a friend. but it' s ok to read in the bath, especially if you can afford a liberal lacing of pungent lotions or oils. the story becomes more plausible as it develops and i enjoyed it more and more .
well - done movie version of the outstanding story by the author of above suspicion, another favorite of mine. aumont passes for another in france to fool the ...
an amnesiac world war i veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post - war life .
for all of its cluttered bureaucracy, my summer at the pentagon reminds me why i went back to school for my master’s degree in policy. despite laying down a clear “red line” against the use of chemical weapons in syria, in late august 2013 barack obama retreated from his promise to use military force against the assad regime, deciding at the last moment to not attack. while there was no way to know then that syria would become one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twenty first century - - costing hundreds of thousands of lives, turning millions into refugees, and helping to give rise to the barbarically cruel islamic state – i was still shocked by the president’s sudden about - face decision. in the week leading up to the decision not to strike, i had spent most of my waking hours on the phone with members of the media laying out all the reasons the united states should honor its “red line” in syria. i realized there is a difference in shaping talking points and policy, and i wanted to be on the other side of the coin .
with the nazi occupation of northern france, the underground resistance is forced to sneak about in the dark. hearne, british soldier whose french is excellent, is sent to spy as part of that resistance, and he finds help in hiding with the beautiful anne. danger abounds. action, adventure, suspense - - a gripping story here, memorable in itself and for the skill with which it is told. helen macinnes seems to have passed from the scene, but her spy novels are well worth looking up, and this one c
“because of the acute shortage of regular book cloth under war - time rationing, this book is bound in ‘leatherette, ’ a sturdy paper fabric especially designed for this purpose. ”
i am arriving earlier than my check - in time. where can i leave my bags? there is no place on campus to check your bags. if you arrive earlier than your check - in time you will be integrated into the process at the end of the current time slot. tip: do not park your car and leave your bags unattended .
a mix of lengthy descriptions, unlikely central plot elements and a measured pace may not sound gripping, but it is intensely so. the element of creepiness in above suspicion forces you to keep reading, worrying ever more and more about the myles as the nazi noose begins to slip around their necks, until a crazy action - filled ending results in significant bloodshed .
i am on a classic thrillers of the genre kick right now (escapism ?) - these early hm books are amazing. the characters and plots and writing all superb - utterly superb - and the pacing and density of the story remind me of how writing decades ago felt more meaty than a lot of similar genre fiction now. there is just no comparison between this and most modern thrillers - this is amazing. but the thing that is always in the back of my head is the view that macinnes, who was there in europe in the
an engaging period thriller, written at the time it depicts, and so a valuable snapshot of the mood and details of its moment in time as well as a very readable diversion .
the dress: rachel wore a strapless lace gown by modern trousseau from jennifer’s bridal in hockessin. she didn' t have anything old, but her something new was her gown and shoes. she also didn' t have anything borrowed, but her something blue was a hair clip that had a touch of blue to pick up the color in dan' s tie .
can i send things to myself ahead of time? no, packages can be sent only after you have checked in. deliveries attempted prior to august 26th will be returned to sender .
plot: an english military intelligence guy named hearne parachutes into rural brittany in 1941 to spy on german troop movements. he adopts the identity of a wounded dunkirk evacuee, bertrand corlay, who is his physical double. hearne speaks perfect french, etc. etc. and gets a complete briefing so the substitution while suspenseful is not the main motor of the plot. so far, the novel reminded me of a minor but wonderful daphne dumaurier called the scapegoat: english guy drops into rural french setting and discovers that the french guy he’s pretending to be is a real jerk. the spying plot proceeds with slow, methodical detail which i quite relished, but which certainly dated the book as an entertainment. though the biggest shock came when our hero hearne is looking at his double corlay’s bookshelf and says to himself, “books are half of the man. ” at which point i could not help thinking, “not anymore, pal. ”
great review, jayne! i have a few macinnes ebooks in the tbr. i was surprised how well rest and be thankful held up, and i’m looking forward to rereading this one .
young oxford university don richard myles and his wife frances are recruited to travel to europe during summer break in order to discover what has happened to a possibly - compromised chain of british secret service agents. the premise being that the two are so innocent - seeming as to be able to wander at will, from agent to agent, following the links as identified at each contact. in their travels they run in and out of numerous sinister encounters; the nazis are very much on the ascendant and their evil shadow looms over the lands the myles visit on their journeyings .
to emphasize: these are very personal, completely arbitrary ratings. these are merely meant to be a measure of the book' s success in meeting my hopes and expectations as a reader .
what a gift! i found this book 20 years ago in my father in law’s library, and couldn’t put it down. then it disappeared. i’ve been desperate to find it lately, but couldn’t remember the title. thank you, carol! i love the way you’ve woven the story without giving away all the details because i can’t wait to read it again and be surprised .
of the many things i had in mind for the summer in between my first and second years of graduate school, being a 27 year old intern was not one of them. and yet, now halfway through my 10 week stint at the pentagon, i can confidently say these past few weeks on the syria desk have been some of the most professionally fulfilling of my short career.
assignment in brittany is a 1943 war film directed by jack conway and starring french actor jean-pierre aumont and swedish actress signe hasso , both in their american film debuts . also starring was american actress susan peters , who in 1942 had been an academy award nominee for her performance in random harvest . the film was adapted from a novel by helen macinnes which was serialized in the saturday evening post from may 2 to june 20 , 1942 . when mgm bought the screen rights in february 1942 , the novel was titled " cross channel " . the working title of this film was " fire in the night " . 
assignment in brittany is a 1943 war film directed by jack conway and starring french actor jean-pierre aumont and swedish actress signe hasso, both in their american film debuts. also starring was american actress susan peters, who in 1942 had been an academy award nominee for her performance in random harvest. the film was adapted from a novel by helen macinnes which was serialized in the saturday evening post from may 2 to june 20, 1942. when mgm bought the screen rights in february 1942, the novel was titled " cross channel ". the working title of this film was " fire in the night ".
assignment in brittany is a 1943 war film directed by jack conway and starring french actor jean-pierre aumont and swedish actress signe hasso, both in their american film debuts. also starring was american actress susan peters, who in 1942 had been an academy award nominee for her performance in random harvest. the film was adapted from a novel by helen macinnes which was serialized in the saturday evening post from may 2 to june 20, 1942. when mgm bought the screen rights in february 1942, the novel was titled " cross channel ". the working title of this film was " fire in the night ".