
The Special Collection
Author: Ted Allbeury
Narrator: Peter Noble
Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
Published: 12/01/2015
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Author: Ted Allbeury
Narrator: Peter Noble
Unabridged: 6 hr 17 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
Published: 12/01/2015
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
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."
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
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
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