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World War Two · Book 1

Spandau Phoenix

by Greg Iles

Published
1 January 1993
Pages
695
ISBN-13
9780340638217
Type
novel

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About this book

Spandau Phoenix, Iles's 1993 debut, runs 695 pages and is set in 1987 around a conspiracy surrounding Rudolf Hess's death in Spandau Prison, with Jonas Stern's wartime past -- laid out fully in Black Cross -- resurfacing to drive the present-day plot.

Its place in World War Two

Spandau Phoenix is book 1 in the World War Two series. It is followed by Black Cross. See the full World War Two reading order.

Greg Iles's first two published novels are linked historical thrillers built around Jonas Stern, a Zionist agent whose actions during and after the Second World War connect both books. Spandau Phoenix (1993), Iles's debut, is set in 1987 and centers on a conspiracy surrounding the death of Rudolf Hess in Spandau Prison, with Stern's wartime past resurfacing to drive the present-day plot. Black Cross (1995) goes back to the war itself: a 1944 mission to sabotage a Nazi chemical-weapons program, with Stern as one…

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