The Athens Assignment
(2018)(The second book in the Xanthe Schneider Enigma Thriller series)
A novel by David Boyle
The battleship, Bismarck, is about to set sail...
Xanthe Schneider has returned to England with vital information... and heavily pregnant.
In the months that lead up to the birth, Xanthe occupies herself with work but feels increasingly lonely due to her distant father, her traitor ex-lover and being five thousand miles from her home.
After the baby is born, she decides that her duty as a mother must take priority. The baby needs her and nothing will make her return to the field.
But the war has other ideas...
It is not long before Xanthe finds herself on another mission, one which, if successful, will use the Enigma code to pinpoint the missing battleship and save thousands of lives.
A must-read for fans of Robert Harris, David Downing and Alan Furst.
'Authentic and compelling... Boyle captures the paranoia and peril of the era.' Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin at War
'Exhilarating' - Daily Mail
'A book that is engagingly sensitive' Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times
David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, Before Enigma, Operation Primrose, Rupert Brooke: England's Last Patriot, Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Jerusalem: England's National Anthem, Unheard Unseen: Warfare in the Dardanelles, Towards the Setting Sun: The Race for America and The Age to Come.
Genre: Thriller
Xanthe Schneider has returned to England with vital information... and heavily pregnant.
In the months that lead up to the birth, Xanthe occupies herself with work but feels increasingly lonely due to her distant father, her traitor ex-lover and being five thousand miles from her home.
After the baby is born, she decides that her duty as a mother must take priority. The baby needs her and nothing will make her return to the field.
But the war has other ideas...
It is not long before Xanthe finds herself on another mission, one which, if successful, will use the Enigma code to pinpoint the missing battleship and save thousands of lives.
A must-read for fans of Robert Harris, David Downing and Alan Furst.
Praise for David Boyle
'Authentic and compelling... Boyle captures the paranoia and peril of the era.' Roger Moorhouse, author of Berlin at War
'Exhilarating' - Daily Mail
'A book that is engagingly sensitive' Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times
David Boyle is a British author and journalist who writes mainly about history and new ideas in economics, money, business and culture. He lives in Crystal Palace, London. His books include Alan Turing: Unlocking the Enigma, Before Enigma, Operation Primrose, Rupert Brooke: England's Last Patriot, Peace on Earth: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Jerusalem: England's National Anthem, Unheard Unseen: Warfare in the Dardanelles, Towards the Setting Sun: The Race for America and The Age to Come.
Genre: Thriller
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