I and My True Love, Helen MacInnes
I and My True Love, Helen MacInnes
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I and My True Love

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: Justine Eyre

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2022

Synopsis

American diplomat Payton Pleydell and his wife Sylvia are the most respected, brilliant couple in Washington. Theirs seems a perfect marriage but Kate Jerold begins to suspect that her cousin’s husband is not as devoted as he seems. Then the unexpected arrival of a Czech official threatens to bring the façade crashing down. Even after six years apart, Sylvia has not forgotten Jan Brovic; during the war they had been deeply, secretly in love. But now there is a new war, and former allies have become bitter enemies. Jan is on the other side and his motives may not be pure.Separated by the enmity of nations, Sylvia must decide whether to risk everything to be with the man she loves.

About Helen MacInnes

Helen MacInnes (1907–1985) was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers,” her books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over twenty-two languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

About Justine Eyre

Justine Eyre is a classically trained actress who has narrated many audiobooks, earning the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and numerous Earphones Awards. She is multilingual and known for her great facility with accents. She has appeared on stage, with leading roles in King Lear and The Crucible, and has had starring roles in four films on the indie circuit. Her television credits include Two and a Half Men and Mad Men.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Linda

Liked it because I like most McInnes novels, but not as much because it deals with adultery. Sure, there's not a real marriage, and it's only ever hinted that either Payton likes men in the main or in the particular...or perhaps he's just married to his job of intrigue. Certainly his wife is put on......more

Goodreads review by JoLynn

A reworking of Anna Karenina in a Cold War setting. Intelligently written and evocative of its time. Well described characters.......more

Goodreads review by Tina

This novel makes me wonder if I have ever read a spy story not written in English - it seems such an English-language genre. And yet Britain, and even the USA, have never been occupied! For me, as I was born in the Soviet Union, this seems odd - the entire genre. Frankly, I think Stefan Zweig writes......more

Goodreads review by Sewingdervish

Sadly, this MacInnes was not set in Europe but in Washington DC but otherwise it was very engaging I read it in about 2 sittings. Prague represented and two love stories.......more

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