The Special Collection, Ted Allbeury
The Special Collection, Ted Allbeury
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The Special Collection

Author: Ted Allbeury

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2015


Synopsis

Germany, 1945. British agent Stephen Felinski is parachuted into Hitler's fast-collapsing empire with orders to reorganize a group of Soviet agents abandoned by Moscow. Thirty years later, a top British politician defects to the Russians and Felinski is called out of retirement to help – because of a friendship formed among the ruins of Nazi Germany. The link is The Special Collection, a daring and meticulously planned Soviet attempt to bring social and industrial chaos to Britain. It has already been set in motion and only Stephen Felinski can stop it.

About Ted Allbeury

Ted Allbeury (1917-2005) was an intelligence officer with Great Britain's Special Operations Executive during World War II; afterward, he ran agents between East and West Germany. Allbeury's firsthand Cold War experiences enliven his espionage novels, and he was praised by the New York Times Book Review as "a most knowledgeable chronicler of espionage" and by Booklist as "a master of the genre."


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jak60

This was a decent read, a bit messy in the first half - too many ramifications, too many characters- but got better in the second to end up with a strong finale. Maybe not among the best novels by Allbeury yet quite enjoayble. Ted Allbeury was a very prolific writer with a highly volatile quality, sp......more

Goodreads review by Philip

Another little Cold War nugget from a master craftsman. We start off with Steve Felinski, a young British agent parachuted into wartime Germany to run a Russian spy ring. The pages that describe Hanover at the war's bitter end are powerful, brutal and authentic. We then jump forward to the Seventies......more

Another excellent page-turner You can’t go far wrong with Ted Allebeury if you like your books to be factually correct, well written and able to make you want to keep reading rather than return to the mundane job of daily living. This book is well worth the five star rating, thoroughly enjoyable read......more

Goodreads review by Tim

Oh I say! Topping read, what?......more

Another page turner by this author Another page turner by this author. He never fails to grip from the very first page to the very end.......more