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Manning Coles

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37+ verk 1,486 medlemmar 52 recensioner 5 favoritmärkta

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Verk av Manning Coles

Drink to Yesterday (1940) 156 exemplar
A Toast to Tomorrow (1694) 108 exemplar
They Tell No Tales (1941) 73 exemplar
Smällen i Berlin (1945) 69 exemplar
The Fifth Man (1946) 68 exemplar
The Basle Express (1956) 67 exemplar
Without Lawful Authority (1943) 65 exemplar
Now or never (1951) 62 exemplar
Night Train to Paris (1952) 55 exemplar
No Entry (1958) 52 exemplar
Brief Candles (1954) 51 exemplar
The Far Traveller (1956) 48 exemplar
The Man in the Green Hat (1955) 46 exemplar
Dangerous By Nature (1950) 43 exemplar
All That Glitters (1954) 41 exemplar
A Knife for the Juggler (1953) 40 exemplar
Not Negotiable (1949) 39 exemplar
With Intent to Deceive (1947) 39 exemplar
Alias Uncle Hugo (1952) 37 exemplar
Among Those Absent (1948) 34 exemplar
Come and Go: A Ghostly Comedy (1958) 33 exemplar
Let the Tiger Die (1947) 33 exemplar
Death of an Ambassador (1957) 26 exemplar
Concrete Crime (1960) 25 exemplar
Search for a Sultan (1961) 24 exemplar
The House At Pluck's Gutter (1963) 23 exemplar
Diamonds to Amsterdam (1949) 19 exemplar
Birdwatcher's quarry (1956) 17 exemplar
Duty free (1959) 10 exemplar
Great Caesar's ghost, (1943) 8 exemplar
Nothing to declare (1960) 8 exemplar
This Fortress (1942) 6 exemplar
The Dip 1 exemplar
Smällen i Berlin 1 exemplar

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Manning, Adelaide Frances Oke
Coles, Cyril Henry
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Nationalitet
UK
Kort biografi
Manning and Coles were neighbors in East Meon, Hampshire. Coles worked for British Intelligence in both the World Wars. Manning worked for the War Office during World War I.

Many of the original exploits were based on the real-life experiences of Coles, who lied about his age and enlisted under an assumed name in a Hampshire regiment during World War I while still a teenager. He eventually became the youngest officer in British intelligence, often working behind German lines, due to his extraordinary ability to master languages.

Coles had two sons, identical twins and the Ghost stories were based on the tales he used to tell his young sons when he was 'back from his travels'.

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4.5 stars
Not your typical WW2 spy thriller! Though there are some suspenseful moments (especially towards the end), this absorbing espionage novel (written in 1940) doesn't have gadgets or seduction scenes or even very many adventures so if that is what you are looking for, keep on searching. What it does have is a man living in Germany sending intelligence to Britain.

Some of the attitudes he espouses (particularly about Jews and blacks) may bother some readers but despite making me cringe, I think that they make him a more believable, fully rounded character. He is not a knight in shining armor but a real person with some great strengths but also some terrible flaws. This is my first Manning Coles book as I mistakenly thought it was the first in the series -- it won't be my last!… (mer)
 
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leslie.98 | 6 andra recensioner | Jun 27, 2023 |
I wavered between giving this 3.5 & 4* but decided on the higher rating because I couldn't help reading this book in one great gulp.

A word about the series order (both here on GR and elsewhere) - this book is actually #7 and really should be read BEFORE "Let the Tiger Die" which involves several of the same characters and clearly takes place after the events of this book. I didn't know that and read them in the order GR has listed rendering some of the surprise twists and suspense of this book ineffective. Of course, as my rating indicates, I still managed to enjoy it immensely :)… (mer)
 
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leslie.98 | 1 annan recension | Jun 27, 2023 |
Tommy spends his leave from the British Foreign Office Intelligence services helping the Home Secretary track down who has been engineering prison breaks. No spies but plenty of thrills and some rather nice crooks :)
 
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leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
Lots of action in this thriller and as a bonus for fans of the series, Forgan and Campbell are involved :)
 
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leslie.98 | 1 annan recension | Jun 27, 2023 |

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Verk
37
Även av
14
Medlemmar
1,486
Popularitet
#17,279
Betyg
4.0
Recensioner
52
ISBN
68
Språk
2
Favoritmärkt
5

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