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Antony Beevor has published several novels, and his works of non-fiction include The Spanish Civil War; Crete: The Battle and the Resistance; Stalingrad and Berlin: The Downfall 1945 which was a number one bestseller. With his wife, Artemis Cooper he wrote Paris: After the Liberation 1945 - 1949, now issued in a new edition. He lives in London.
A fascinating spy story, a delicious entertainment, a compelling investigation -- Simon Sebag-Montefiore Evening Standard An extraordinary drama of exile and espionage -- Boyd Tonkin Independent Compelling ... as engaging a read as Stalingrad and Berlin -- David Edgar Guardian Beevor uses the story to evoke a world - the vague ideological borderlands of Nazism and Communism -- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Times Fascinating. An intricate, gracefully told and often moving social history of a talented family in times of revolution, civil war, dictatorship and world conflict -- Rachel Polonsky New Statesman Antony Beevor, one of the finest narrative military historians now writing, is a master of revealing vignettes -- Eliot A. Cohen New York Times A true story that is dramatic, evocative, and well worth unearthing Observer
