A jewel in the crown / David Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, David (Cinematographer), author.

Series:

Lewis, David (Cinematographer). Secret Churchill files

The secret Churchill files

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crown jewels--Great Britain--Fiction.

Crown jewels.

Undercover operations--Fiction.

Undercover operations.

World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Fiction.

World War, 1939-1945.

Cultural property--Protection--Europe--History--20th century--Fiction.

Cultural property.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First Kensington hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., 2024.

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.

ISBN:

9781496749093

149674909X

OCLC:

1446304012