Shadow Dancer
únor 2011 · Random House
3,5star
4 recenzereport
E‑kniha
416
Stránky
family_home
Vhodná
info
reportHodnocení a recenze nejsou ověřeny Další informace
Podrobnosti o e‑knize
'A remarkable first novel...Bradby handles the tension with skill to produce a gripping tale' The Times
________
Colette McVeigh: Mother. Widow. Terrorist. For all of her twenty-nine years she has lived the Republican cause. Her husband was killed by the Brits. Her brothers have dedicated their lives to fighting them.
Until she is arrested in an aborted bombing raid in London when she has to make a choice: inform and see your children again; or stay silent and watch them grow up from the inside of a prison cell.
Her MI5 handler, David Ryan, has never questioned where his loyalties lie. But as he watches Colette put herself in increasing danger to fulfil her side of the bargain, he realises that his certainty and integrity have been fatally and irrevocably compromised...
________
Colette McVeigh: Mother. Widow. Terrorist. For all of her twenty-nine years she has lived the Republican cause. Her husband was killed by the Brits. Her brothers have dedicated their lives to fighting them.
Until she is arrested in an aborted bombing raid in London when she has to make a choice: inform and see your children again; or stay silent and watch them grow up from the inside of a prison cell.
Her MI5 handler, David Ryan, has never questioned where his loyalties lie. But as he watches Colette put herself in increasing danger to fulfil her side of the bargain, he realises that his certainty and integrity have been fatally and irrevocably compromised...
Hodnocení a recenze
3,5
4 recenze
O autorovi
TOM BRADBY has been a correspondent for ITN for almost two decades. He is currently ITV News' Political Editor. He is the author of six thrillers: Shadow Dancer, The Sleep of the Dead, The Master of Rain (shortlisted for CWA Steel Dagger for Thriller of the Year), The White Russian (shortlisted for the CWA Ellis Peters Award for Historical Novel of the Year), The God of Chaos and Blood Money.
He has also written the screenplay for director James Marsh's acclaimed adaptation of Shadow Dancer which previewed at the Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals to critical acclaim. He is currently writing the screenplay of his novel The Master of Rain.
Ohodnotit e‑knihu
Sdělte nám, co si myslíte.
Informace o čtení
Telefony a tablety
Nainstalujte si aplikaci Knihy Google Play pro Android a iPad/iPhone. Aplikace se automaticky synchronizuje s vaším účtem a umožní vám číst v režimu online nebo offline, ať jste kdekoliv.
Notebooky a počítače
Audioknihy zakoupené na Google Play můžete poslouchat pomocí webového prohlížeče v počítači.
Čtečky a další zařízení
Pokud chcete číst knihy ve čtečkách elektronických knih, jako např. Kobo, je třeba soubor stáhnout a přenést do zařízení. Při přenášení souborů do podporovaných čteček elektronických knih postupujte podle podrobných pokynů v centru nápovědy.
