Operation Napoleon

It's 1945: a German bomber flies over Iceland in a blizzard; the crew have lost their way and eventually crash on the Vatnajokull glacier, the largest in Europe. Puzzlingly, there are both German and American officers on board. One of the senior German officers claims that their best chance of survival is to try to walk to the nearest farm and sets off, a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. He soon disappears into the white vastness. 1999, mid-winter, and the US Army is secretively trying to remove an aeroplane from the Vatnajokull glacier. By coincidence two young Icelanders become involved but will pay with their lives. Before they are captured, one of the two contacts his sister, Kristin, who will not rest until she discovers the truth of her brother's fate. Her pursuit puts her in great danger, leading her on a long and hazardous journey in search of the key to the riddle about Operation Napoleon.

ISBN 1846552850   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781846552854 (What's this?)   Pages 336 Publisher Vintage   Weight (grammes) 445 Imprint Harvill Secker   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 233 Publication date 07 Oct 2010   Width (mm) 153 Translator Victoria Cribb   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY 839.6935   Academic level General

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