Tue, Jan 05, 1988
After nearly thirty years in southern Africa, Richard Hannay has achieved recognition as an officer in military intelligence, a mining engineer and a successful prospector. Now he is returning to Britain to seek a bride, a home and a quiet life. But Europe is a couldron of political intrigue and, amongst the old Empires, a new power is rapidly making its way-a power that resents Britain's mastery of the waves: Imperial Germany. Represented in London by the cunning and ruthless Count Von Schwabing, Germany is intent on causing trouble however and wherever she can-and Richard Hannay attracts trouble as a magnet attracts iron-filings.
