Xpd
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
What if the most dangerous secret of World War II was not a weapon, but a document — one that could rewrite history and topple governments? XPD plunges readers into a labyrinthine world of Cold War intrigue, where a classified file known as the Churchill Minutes threatens to expose a secret peace negotiation between Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. When the document surfaces decades later, intelligence agencies, ruthless businessmen, and shadowy operatives converge in a deadly race to possess or destroy it forever. Len Deighton, a master of the espionage genre, constructs a meticulously researched thriller that blurs the boundary between historical fact and devastating fiction. His prose is taut and cinematic, moving swiftly between continents and time periods with the precision of a seasoned intelligence operative. XPD — an acronym for expedient demise, the cold bureaucratic term for sanctioned assassination — delivers not merely a plot-driven thriller, but a chilling meditation on the moral compromises of statecraft. For anyone who has ever wondered what secrets governments truly bury, this novel offers an answer that is as unsettling as it is riveting.
Author: Len Deighton
Format: Hardback
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
What if the most dangerous secret of World War II was not a weapon, but a document — one that could rewrite history and topple governments? XPD plunges readers into a labyrinthine world of Cold War intrigue, where a classified file known as the Churchill Minutes threatens to expose a secret peace negotiation between Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. When the document surfaces decades later, intelligence agencies, ruthless businessmen, and shadowy operatives converge in a deadly race to possess or destroy it forever. Len Deighton, a master of the espionage genre, constructs a meticulously researched thriller that blurs the boundary between historical fact and devastating fiction. His prose is taut and cinematic, moving swiftly between continents and time periods with the precision of a seasoned intelligence operative. XPD — an acronym for expedient demise, the cold bureaucratic term for sanctioned assassination — delivers not merely a plot-driven thriller, but a chilling meditation on the moral compromises of statecraft. For anyone who has ever wondered what secrets governments truly bury, this novel offers an answer that is as unsettling as it is riveting.