Tapestry of Spies, Stephen Hunter
Tapestry of Spies, Stephen Hunter
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Tapestry of Spies

Author: Stephen Hunter

Narrator: Simon Vance

Unabridged: 11 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/29/2010


Synopsis

Julian Raines was one of the first Englishmen to volunteer for the international brigade in Spain. The British Secret Service suspect that the flamboyant Raines was recruited for the KGB by the Bolsheviks during his student days at Oxford and send Robert Florry, a struggling young writer, to Spain after Raines with orders to eliminate him. Florry was an old school chum to Raines and had every reason to hate him. The British are not alone on Raines' trail. The ruthless Communist leader in Barcelona believes that the identity of the double agent conceals a powerful and profitable secret. It is a novel that constantly surprises.

About Stephen Hunter

Stephen Hunter has written fifteen novels. The retired chief film critic for The Washington Post, where he won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, he has also published two collections of film criticism and a nonfiction work. He lives in Maryland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on September 12, 2008

I didn't like this one as well as his other novels. It's a stand alone &, while I think it was as well written, it just didn't ring as true to me. Either I didn't identify with the story as well or he didn't know the subject as well. I'm not sure which.......more

Goodreads review by Ed on May 03, 2015

This was much better than I expected. I was prepared to abandon it if it wasn't very good. I will have to read more early Stephen Hunter. The story takes place mostly in Barcelona during the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. The Nationalists led by General Franco and backed by Germany and Italy were trying......more

Goodreads review by Nate on December 10, 2012

I love Hunter's older books. This is a spy adventure set against the civil war in Spain prior to WW2. That's all you need to know. There will be unexpected twists and turns. But that is what you expect in a spy novel.......more

Goodreads review by itchy on April 21, 2025

It was set in a time period that I have very little (read: no) knowledge of. It also alluded to a specific chess move in the beginning but its relation to the story also escaped me. Not a good start to my escapade with Stephen Hunter. Firearm featured here seems to be the Webley Mark I. The distinct......more

Goodreads review by Pete on March 28, 2019

His sniper novels are terrific but this was pretty dreadful. Didn't find any of the characters believable and the story is rather convoluted. Might have worked as a straight forward espionage novel but for some reason the author decided it should be about a love triangle where one character is drawn......more