{"product_id":"9781800244917","title":"Raid 42","description":"'Historical fiction of a high order' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpring, 1941.\u003c\/b\u003e The war in the West is as good as won. \u003cb\u003eNation after nation has fallen\u003c\/b\u003e before the Reich's armies. Only Britain endures, her cities under nightly bombardment from the Luftwaffe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlin would happily call off the bombers in exchange for a peace treaty. Hitler would like to persuade Britain to turn her back on Europe, to attend to her precious Empire instead, to allow Germany a free hand to deal with the real enemy in the East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeace, perhaps, but at what cost?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Churchill the price is too high; but for others within the British establishment, it is a price worth paying. On both sides of the channel, advocates of total war or peace-at-all-costs are at each others' throats – all unaware that \u003cb\u003eRudolf Hess\u003c\/b\u003e, Hitler's quiet, contemplative deputy, has already taken radical steps to change the fortunes of the war...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaid 42\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is part of the \u003cb\u003eSPOILS OF WAR Collection\u003c\/b\u003e, a thrilling, beguiling blend of fact and fiction born of some of the most tragic, suspenseful, and action-packed events of World War II. From the mind of highly acclaimed thriller author \u003cb\u003eGRAHAM HURLEY\u003c\/b\u003e, this blockbuster non-chronological collection allows the reader to explore Hurley's masterful storytelling in any order, with compelling recurring characters whose fragmented lives mirror the war that shattered the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46351332606193,"sku":"9781800244917","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781800244917_p0.jpg?v=1765279557","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781800244917","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}