His mission to assassinate Hitler fails. Back in London, there's a quiet murder on the Underground and then the nerve-twisting hunt is on. Nazi agent Quive-Smith is on his tail and, out in the wild, only one of them can survive.
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His mission to assassinate Hitler fails. Back in London, there's a quiet murder on the Underground and then the nerve-twisting hunt is on. Nazi agent Quive-Smith is on his tail and, out in the wild, only one of them can survive.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 200grams, ISBN: 9780140006957.
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Volume was in crisp condition. Story very much Boys Own Paper. Reminded me of the classic line "and with one bound she was free", but don't not read it, it is a classic goody versus everybody except one secret friend in an office in London.
DCGuy
Feb 3, 2011
British testerone from the 1930's
This is machismo from 1930's England. The world's toughest man chased by the only hunter that could possibly get the better of him- or maybe not. Keep going for the revelation of the real motives. Loads of fun.
cwm1936
Apr 23, 2007
The first and best
Geoffrey Household, who wrote in the period between the wars, originated the genre of the lone man against assassins in the English countryside. Rogue Male was the first of these stories, and to my way of thinking, the best. In this short novel set about 1938, the hero, an English gentleman of means and a wellknown sportsman, decides to stalk a rising European dictator (unmisakably Hitler) "just to see if he can get in position for a shot", but not actually to fire his rifle. He is discovered and thrown over a cliff to an apparently accidental death, but he survives the fall and escapes back to England with the Gestapo on his trail. The rest of the book describes his escape and evasion. In common with English novels of the time, there are no lurid sex scenes, no sadism, no profanity, and no gory descriptions, just lots of lively action and first class suspense. After this book, you will want to read more of Household's stories.
