The Blood of Others -- Graham Hurley, Paperback

Dieppe, August 1942. A catastrophe no headline dared admit.

Plans are underway for the boldest raid yet on Nazi-occupied France. Over six thousand men will storm ashore to take the port of Dieppe. Lives will change in an instant - both on the beaches and in distant capitals.

Annie Wrenne, working at Lord Mountbatten's cloak-and-dagger Combined Operations headquarters, is privy to the top secret plans for the daring cross-Channel raid.

Young Canadian journalist George Hogan, protege of influential Lord Beaverbrook, faces a crucial assignment that will test him to breaking point.

And Abwehr intelligence officer Wilhelm Schultz is baiting a trap to lure thousands of Allied troops to their deaths...

Three lives linked by Operation Jubilee: the Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942. Over six thousand men will storm the heavily defended French beaches.

Less than half of them will make it back alive.

The SPOILS OF WAR Collection is a thrilling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and impactful events of World War II. The non-chronological collection features compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror the war that shattered the globe.

Reviews for The Blood of Others:

'Hurley's depiction of the period is as enticing as ever.' The Times
'A superb blend of fact and fiction that shows the chaos of war and arrogance of the men planning it.' Sun
'Historical fiction of the highest order.' Shots

Author: Graham Hurley
Publisher: Head of Zeus -- An Aries Book
Published: 05/14/2024
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781801108492

About the Author

Graham Hurley is a documentary maker and a novelist. For the last two decades he's written full-time, penning nearly fifty books. Two made the shortlist for the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year, while Finisterre - the first in the Spoils of War collection - was shortlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Award. Graham lives in Devon, England with his lovely wife, Lin.

Follow Graham at grahamhurley.co.uk.