While some of the exact characters and events may be fictional the book is based on very real events the attempt by the allies to use british intelligence to cover up the true plans for d day.
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The unlikely spy is a spy novel written by daniel silva set during world war ii and published in 1996.
The unlikely spy in wartime winston churchill wrote truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies for britain s counterintelligence operations this meant finding the unlikeliest agent imaginable a history professor named alfred vicary handpicked by churchill himself to expose a highly.
A tale of spies and betrayal in the second world war.
If the nazis knew the purpose of the mulberries they could easily ascertain the.
In wartime winston churchill wrote truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies for britain s counterintelligence op.
We all know now that the allied forces were able to successfully confuse the d day landing location from hitler.
The unlikely spy is a sensational spy thriller that had my head spinning until the very end.
Ken follett covered a similar theme in eye of the needle and jack higgins in night of the fox.
The unlikely spy is an earlier historical fiction novel centering on a vital normandy invasion project operation mulberry dealing with the secret construction of the artificial harbor that would be required for resupply over the open beaches of the landing zone.
Both of those books were brilliant but on balance i think that the unlikely spy is the best.
Surprisingly the work represents silva s first published book and it was a massive success with critical acclaim.