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V2, Robert Harris
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- Titolo
- V2
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Robert Harris
- Editore
- Cornerstone
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 1787460983
- ISBN13
- 9781787460980
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Gialli & Thriller, Prosa storica, Thriller, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, Germania, Seconda guerra mondiale, Morte, Inghilterra, Gran Bretagna, Londra, Violenza, Nazismo, Basato su eventi reali, Terzo Reich (Germania nazista), 1933-1945, Paesi Bassi, Colpa, Resistenza, Servizi segreti, RAF - Forza Aerea Britannica, Anno 1944, Bombardamento, Thriller Storici, Progetti segreti e armi del Terzo Reich
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2020
- Titolo originale
- V2
- Valutazione
- 3,85 su 5
- Descrizione
- Act of Oblivion - the brand new thriller from Robert Harris, available now 'Immersive' Guardian 'Stunning' Daily Express 'Riveting' Telegraph Victory is close. Vengeance is closer. Rudi Graf used to dream of sending a rocket to the moon. Instead, he has helped to create the world's most sophisticated weapon: the V2 ballistic missile, capable of delivering a one-ton warhead at three times the speed of sound. In a desperate gamble to avoid defeat in the winter of 1944, Hitler orders ten thousand to be built. Graf is tasked with firing these lethal 'vengeance weapons' at London. Kay Caton-Walsh is an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who joins a unit of WAAFs on a mission to newly liberated Belgium. Armed with little more than a slide rule and a few equations, Kay and her colleagues will attempt to locate and destroy the launch sites. As the death toll soars, Graf and Kay fight their grim, invisible war - until one final explosion of violence causes their destinies to collide... 'A riveting read with a corker of a twist' Daily Telegraph 'Supremely readable' Observer 'Delivers one hell of a punch' Express 'Captures the real nature of war. Gripping' Ben MacIntyre