Secret Missions: A Novel

by Michael Gannon

Overview

The author of Operation Drumbeat turns his hand to fiction in this World War II espionage thriller about a Nazi agent who slips into Florida searching for vital information about the capabilities of U.S. fighters and bombers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062039286
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	02/27/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	359
Sales rank:	569,048
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michael Gannon is Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Florida, where he taught the history of World War II. He resides in Gainesville and is the author of seven books. In the l950s he wrote on military subjects from Europe. In 1968 he served as a war correspondent in Vietnam. Also a scholar in the field of Spanish colonial history, he has received numerous awards and honors, including Knight Commander of the Order of Isabel la Catolica from King Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Editorial Reviews

While researching "Operation Drumbeat" (1990), a nonfiction book about World War II German U-boat attacks on the American coast, Gannon gathered much of the material used in this novel about a German spy who is dropped by a U-boat near St. Augustine, Florida. Peter Krug is a ruthless agent disguised as a traveling artist from the Midwest who gathers information about American military planes and disguises it under the watercolors he paints. When Peter is unmasked, he murders the woman responsible. At this point the plot thickens and Krug tangles with an ambitious aviatrix and a Catholic priest. Within this exciting espionage tale, Gannon manages an intriguing look at female military pilots and at the politics of the Catholic Church during World War II.

Denise Perry Donavin