Shield and sword
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Shield and sword
19.99 €
15.99 €
The novel by the famous Soviet writer Vadim Kozhevnikov (1909-1984), winner of the State Prize of the USSR and RSFSR, - a tribute to the deadly dangerous work of Soviet intelligence during the Second World War. The main character, Alexander Belov, by duty must take the guise of an enemy of his homeland and, every minute risking his life, to lead a difficult struggle behind enemy lines. "Shield and Sword" - it is not only a sharp spy story, full of political intrigue and endless tests of intelligence and willpower of individuals, it is a wide, full of dramatic collisions of historical canvas, revealing to the reader the social and psychological roots of the most tragic confrontation of the twentieth century.
The events of the epic begin to unfold in the thirties of the last century in the territories of the Baltic States, Poland and Germany, where agents of almost all European intelligence agencies are operating and where the transformation of the protagonist from a romantic idealist into a cold-blooded professional begins.
The events of the epic begin to unfold in the thirties of the last century in the territories of the Baltic States, Poland and Germany, where agents of almost all European intelligence agencies are operating and where the transformation of the protagonist from a romantic idealist into a cold-blooded professional begins.
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