Pan Books Spy | danielle steel

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• A young woman is caught up in a dangerous double life on behalf of her country during World War Two in Spy, by the world's favourite storyteller Danielle Steel.At eighteen, Alexandra Wickham is presented to King George V and Queen Mary.
• She is a stunning beauty who seems destined for a privileged life.
• But fate, a world war and her own quietly rebellious nature lead her down a different path.By 1939, Britain is at war.
• From her home in idyllic Hampshire Alex makes her way to London as a nursing volunteer.
• But her fluency in French and German draws the attention of another, more secret, branch of the service.Within a year, Alex is immersed in a new world, shocking her family in trousers and bright red lipstick.
• But she is forbidden to tell anyone about her work, not even the pilot she falls in love with.
• While her country and those dearest to her pay the terrible price of war, Alex learns the art of espionage, leading to life-and-death missions and a long career in exotic places and historic times.Spy follows Alex’s extraordinary adventures during the war, and afterwards all over the world, when her husband, Richard, enters the foreign service.
• She lives life on the edge, with a secret she must always keep hidden.