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Reviewed on November 15, 2012 | E-Originals
"I am a coward," begins the confession of a spy taken behind enemy lines in the bitter middle of World War II. English-raised Julie ("Verity") was caught when she looked the wrong way crossing the street in Vichy France and now confides to the reader that she will say anything to end the torture of her interrogation. Her lengthy a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2012
Wein’s exceptional -- downright sizzling -- abilities as a writer of historical adventure fiction are spectacularly evident in this taut, captivating story of two young women, spy and pilot, during World War II. Wein gives us the story in two consecutive parts -- the first an account by Queenie (a.k.a. Lady Julia Beaufort-Stuart), a spy captured by the SS during a mission in Nazi-occupied France. Queenie has bargained with Hauptsturmführer von Linden to write what she knows about the British war effort...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Wein's exceptional--downright sizzling--abilities as a writer of historical adventure fiction are spectacularly evident in this taut...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
