Large Octavo.

Large Octavo.

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With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The

With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Size: 6x1x9; 375 pp. edge wear to boards and jacket, some scuffing/denting to

Size: 6x1x9; 375 pp. edge wear to boards and jacket, some scuffing/denting to jacket as well. Cairo, 1942-A city ruled by Egyptian royalty, occupied by the British military, seething with spies and deserters. Here in a hotbed of corruption, espionage, and profiteering, the war will reach a turning point and the future of the free world will be decided. Captain Bert Cutler, late of the Glasgow police, has been brought to Egypt with one purpose: to find Rommel's spy and plug the remarkable leak of exact intelligence that is making the Axis advance toward Cairo unstoppable. In a heady atmosphere of social gaiety, explosive politics, black marketeering, and sudden violence, Alice Stanhope, the beautiful young aristocrat with a well-connected mother in Alexandria; Prince Plotr, the aging Tsarist; Peggy West, the handsome British nurse awaiting her husband's return from a distant secret mission; exquisite Zeinab el-Shazil and her handsome brother, Sayed; Solomon al Masri, the wily arms dealer; Wally Wallingford, the reckless adventurer with his Independent Desert Teams; and a host of others will be ensnared in the tangled web of intrigue. From the formal headquarters of British Intelligence through the ancient streets of Cairo to bohemian soirees at the Hotel Magnifico...from a flamboyant houseboat on the Nile to remote desert villages and the shell-shattered wastes of the Sahara, Bert Cutler must pursue his clever and elusive prey. Even as the odds against the Allies escalate and the only victory possible must be snatched from the jaws of defeat, he dreams of a life with the lovely Alice, keenly aware that he himself is not what he seems. He is a man caught in a strange twist of fate...a man playing a brilliant charade. He is a man who has attended an inquiry into his own death and may yet live to face a charge of murder. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item.

Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book

Size: 8vo-over 7? -9? " tall; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Good Condition with a Very Good Jacket. A story of adventure and espionage, set amidst the turmoil of World War II in Egypt as Rommel's forces advance across the Sahara. Binding of black cloth with red titles, black boards. Faint whitish spots on front and whitish line on top edge. The inner hinge is cracked. Slight lean to spine. Light wear to extremities. Binding is tight and solid. Interior is clean, unmarked, no writing, no tears, no creases. Glossy, bright jacket is gold with red lettering, light edgewear, is not price-clipped. 375 pasges. HarperCollins Publisher, NY 1992.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.

Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.