Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1525811479
ISBN-13
9781525811470
Edition
Original
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint
Graydon House
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 19th, 2023
Weight
338 grams
Dimensions
13.30 x 20.20 x 3.00 cms
Ksh 2,000.00
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In 1994 Rome, newlywed Niki Novotná, recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch, assembles a scrappy team of artists, forgers and others, using this work to escape the devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband. Original. 100,000 first printing.
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!
Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost.
A gripping, fascinating read. Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan
1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy''s capital. One of the OSS''s few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she''s tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.
Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and othersnow nicknamed The Lipstick Bureaufind success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband.
As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she''s been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death
Don''t miss Michelle Gables stylish new novel, The Beautiful People, set among Palm Beach''s dazzling inner circle in the sunny 1960s.
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Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost.
A gripping, fascinating read. Kelly Rimmer, New York Times bestselling author of The Warsaw Orphan
1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy''s capital. One of the OSS''s few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she''s tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.
Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and othersnow nicknamed The Lipstick Bureaufind success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband.
As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she''s been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death
Don''t miss Michelle Gables stylish new novel, The Beautiful People, set among Palm Beach''s dazzling inner circle in the sunny 1960s.
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