Assignment in Brittany, Helen MacInnes
Assignment in Brittany, Helen MacInnes
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Assignment in Brittany

Author: Helen MacInnes

Narrator: Ralph Lister

Unabridged: 13 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/09/2022

Synopsis

He stared at the unfamiliar watch on his wrist. Three hours ago he had stood on English soil. Three hours ago he had been Martin Hearne, British Intelligence agent. Now he was in Nazi-occupied Brittany, posing as Bertrand Corlay, with the Frenchman’s life reduced to headings in his memory.Hearne looked down at the faded uniform which had once been Corlay’s, felt once more for the papers in the inside pocket. He was ready. From now on he was one step away from death …The Queen of Spy Writers returns in a stunning series collecting all of her greatest works! Titan kicks off with Assignment in Brittany; the gripping tale of an undercover operative deep in Nazi-occupied France.

About Helen MacInnes

Helen MacInnes (1907–1985) was a Scottish-American author of espionage novels. Dubbed “the queen of spy writers,” her books have sold more than twenty-five million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over twenty-two languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

About Ralph Lister

Ralph Lister is an actor, voice actor, and AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. He spent fifteen years in London theater before moving to the United States to focus on film and television. He has held numerous roles in Shakespeare and modern dramas, as well as starring roles in independent films. His voice and character work can be heard in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearland 13 Going On 30. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

Helen MacInnes was a major author from the 40's to the 80's. Her books were always looked forward to and were consistent best sellers. She is all but forgotten today. I read her a lot in the 60's & 70's. There is no better author of the dramatic spy novel than MacInnes. The book was published in 194......more

Goodreads review by Cindy

Excellent Helen MacInnes spy novel. Loved it. Helen happened to be married to classical education thinker Gilbert Highet.......more

Goodreads review by Scott

Review taken from my blog, headsfilmreviews dot com Helen MacInnes was a remarkable woman. She was a Scots Presbyterian young lady of Glasgow (my mother's stomping grounds), degreed in French and German, a librarian, a classic German literature translator, a European traveler, an amateur actress and......more

Quotes

“Helen MacInnes can hang her cloak and dagger right up there with Eric Ambler and Graham Greene” Newsweek, praise for the author

“More class than most adventure writers accumulate in a lifetime.” Chicago Daily News, praise for the author

“Helen MacInnes is totally original. No one writing today creates more realistic, more credible characters than she does.” Alistair MacLean, New York Times bestselling author, praise for the author

“The queen of spy writers.” Sunday Express (London), praise for the author

“Another sure and smooth synthesis of espionage, romance, and man hunting.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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