-Tense, marvellously detailed- - The Sunday Times
Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett-s breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart-racing, exciting tale about the fate of the Second World War as it rests in the hands of a master spy, his opponent and one brave woman.
Written when he was only twenty-seven, it launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett, and was later adapted for the screen by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland.
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VICTORY HANGS IN THE BALANCE
1944. In the weeks leading up to D-Day, the Allies are disguising their invasion plans with elaborate decoy ships and planes. If they can land a force on mainland Europe, they will gain the upperhand in a war that has ravaged the world for years, and can then take the fight to the Nazi menace.
A COLD-BLOODED KILLER
His weapon is the stiletto; his code name: The Needle. He is Hitler-s prize undercover agen
