Hornet flight
By: Ken Follett
Publisher: Pan; Pan Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9780330490689
Subjects: Brothers; Fiction; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Underground movements; World War, 1939-1945; War Underground movements
Description: It is June 1941 and Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast of Denmark, two brothers, Harald and Arne Olufsen are straining against the rigid confines imposed by their elderly parents. Meanwhile, a network of MI6 spies is attempting to decipher an encrypted Luftwaffe radio signal which mentions the new Freya-Ger't - a rudimentary form of German radar equipment. Arne's relationship with Hermia Mount, an MI6 analyst draws him into underground politics, putting him under surveillance by the Danish security forces - and by one man in particular who has a personal motive to see Arne fall. It is only a matter of time before the brothers' paths converge in a united effortto overcome the Nazis. A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British...
Notes: Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2002.