
Synopsis
'The master storyteller' - The Times
'This fresh concept is carried off with effortless skill' - Barry Forshaw
Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second War War.
A Failed Mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.
A Daring Plan
With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team – the Jackdaws – will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.
A Race Against Time
However, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher – Dieter Franck – to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .
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Praise for Jeffrey Archer:
'Monumentally epic' - Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series
There’s a reason he’s a bestseller — he can tell a story . . . It's like watching a high-end boxset - The Times
'Follett is a master' - The Washington Post
'One of the great, bestselling novelists' - The Daily Telegraph
'Suspenseful, gripping' - New York Post
'Deeply satisfying' - Entertainment Weekly
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his fresh concept is carried off with the kind of effortless skill that was the distinguishing feature of Follett's best books, and his protagonist Flick is a distinctive, unusual creation
Follett is a master storyteller
One of the great, bestselling novelists
Follett is a master