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Assignment in Brittany

By: Helen MacInnes
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
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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.

©2013 Helen MacInnes (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing 20th Century Historical Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller & Suspense Fiction Espionage
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Chapter 28 has some remarks at 13:03 that are not part of the script . iffy Scotland impersonations at the beginning but a good listen none the less.

Good

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I could do without the romantic happy endings, but they go with the era and are preferable to gratuitous sex and violence in recent works. Interesting writing, well narrated.

good but dated

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Enjoyed this book. Consistent level of tension for the drama, but nice moments and very likely characters.

Good, steady, engaging story

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Found this reasonably easy to listen to was disappointed with some of the narration and accents. Story line was ok.

A little disappointing

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Another intensely interesting WW 2 assignment story by Helen MacInnes. Great narration and character voices by Ralph Lister.

Gripping Story

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Ripper yarn from a great writer , the Queen of Spies. Like old time radio come again.

Ripper yarn from a great writer

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really enjoyable listen well done. narrator was great. looking forwards to read the next instalment

really enjoyable listen well done.

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I enjoyed this book though it did take me some time to complete it.

Entertaining

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I'm giving the author the benefit of the doubt here with 3 stars, because the dull narration and ridiculous accents were enough to stop me continuing beyond the first chapters.

Poorly narrated

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Story looked like it would shape up well but I could not stand the narration: terrible Scots accent, worse Yorkshire accent and totally unconvincing pretend French accent for the English spy. Returned,

So disappointing!

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