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Hold fast : a novel / J. H. Gelernter.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W W norton & company, 2022.Edition: 1st edDescription: 242 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780393882476
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.6 GEL
Summary: The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty's Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Left despondent by his wife's untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts a job offer in Boston. But when a battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: become a wealthy man by selling out Britain's spy network to France. The French take Grey for a disgruntled ex-naval officer, unaware that Grey had lost his wife to a shot from a French cannon. Now, after many years serving King and Country, Grey seizes the opportunity to infiltrate Napoleon's government and fight a covert war of his own.
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English Books Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor 813.6 GEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 187113
English Books Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai ENGLISH - LENDING BOOKS மூன்றாம் தளம் / Third floor 813.6 GEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 187114
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The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty's Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Left despondent by his wife's untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts a job offer in Boston. But when a battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: become a wealthy man by selling out Britain's spy network to France. The French take Grey for a disgruntled ex-naval officer, unaware that Grey had lost his wife to a shot from a French cannon. Now, after many years serving King and Country, Grey seizes the opportunity to infiltrate Napoleon's government and fight a covert war of his own.

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