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  • Written by: Ken Follett
  • Narrated by: Samantha Bond
  • Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6 ratings)

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Jackdaws

Written by: Ken Follett
Narrated by: Samantha Bond
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Publisher's Summary

Abridged edition.

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel of the French Resistance, love, courage and revenge set in the Second War War.

A Failed Mission

Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.

A Daring Plan

With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team – the Jackdaws – will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied Forces land in France.

A Race Against Time

However, unbeknownst to Flick, Rommel has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher – Dieter Franck – to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in...
©Ken Follett; (P)Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Espionage Genre Fiction
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What the critics say

"Written in Follett's...riveting style and with his penchant for historical detail." (Publishers Weekly)

"Thoroughly entertaining." (Booklist)

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Abridged

Enjoyed this story, would have liked the complete book. Narrator was very good, loved her use of accents.

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Wait for the real version.

This probably would been really good if it weren't the abridged version, which I didn't realise when I purchased it. i feel as if I am missing so much.

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