"The sun rises and the sun sets. Sometimes it rains. We live, then we die."
"Jail was the only thing that really frightened Wolff."
Alex Wolff, the German spy, has the all-important information that he must radio off to Rommel in order to crush the British and thus liberate Egypt from British rule. Having grown up in Cairo, he has acquired the moves of the Bedouins and learned their language. His information is transmitted to him by a Secret Intelligence Officer in a code sequence. Daphne du Murier's famous book "Rebecca" is the basis of the code, the code can’t be used or broken without the key, and the British have to get their hands on the key if they want to halt Rommel.
The novel's protagonist, Major William Vandam must stop him at any cost, even almost losing his own son whom Alex Wolff has kidnapped. He enlists the help of Elene Fontana, a beautiful Jewish call girl who is willing to help the British in the hope that she could start a new life.
Alex Wolff's character is based on the real life Nazi spy Johannes Eppler. Again, there are historical events that are beautifully woven through the novel.
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i read this novel twenty-some years ago while living in muscat, the sultanate of oman. the movie was shown on the local cable channel and i was forced to watch it because i had already watched all the movies being shown at the time (new western movies were shown on cable and very rarely in theatres). fortunately, the movie was a faithful adaptation of the book. i also liked the fact that the character of Alex Wolff was played by David Soul and i loved David Soul (of "Don't Give Up On Us" hit song) at the time.
i've been scratching my head as to what photo i can use for this post. i have a large skeleton key that somehow managed to be missing (i swear those things have little legs when i'm not looking!) which would have been perfect to photograph with my 'rebecca' book (see august 2 post). then, i remember this lady from the buskerfest, dressed as a life-sized wind-up musical doll. perfect!
and it's a good thing the month's ending because i am really running out of steam here. so one more day.
@steeler, i did take some nice pictures today but i choose to use a filler :-)
fortunately for all of us, we have a great community here, and i feel very lucky to have my small circle of friends here in 365 who are all great and lovely people. and take great photos, too!
@danig - yes, my friend, we did very well. the best thing is i got re-acquainted with my books and now i'm plotting as to how i would group them in the shelves as soon as my shelves are ready. thanks, DG!
@steeler - thank you, howard. now it's back to hunting good photo ops!
@catsmeowb - thank you, camille. holding some of the old books in my hand again brought back some poignant memories of olden days and that made me write a lot again. but the thing that i really love was your and other's desire to read some of the books. i hope you do get to read some of the books. all of them were well-written.
@pamfromcalgary - when i read this book twenty some years ago, i didn't pay attention as to who wrote it. only now, looking at the book did i realize it was ken follett's book and all these times i said i've never read a ken follett book. thank you so much, pam.