Return to the Field

Rosie Ewing #2

by Alexander Fullerton

In this stunning adventure set in war-torn France—a British agent finds herself in Nazi territory—and unsure about who to trust . . .   It’s the spring of 1944 and Rosie Ewing is returning to German-occupied France, by air, this time.   She’s carrying a radio, half a million francs, a pistol, and two cyanide capsules to Finistere in north-west Brittany. With D-Day looming, Rosie fears that the man who’ll be meeting her on the ground tonight may be a traitor. She can’t be certain. But she does know that the likely end of the road for captured female agents is Ravensbrück, or l’enfer des femmes, as the Resistance calls it—the dreaded concentration camp for women . . .Praise for the Rosie Ewing Spy   “The most meticulously researched war novels I’ve ever read.” —Len Deighton   “His action passages are superb.” —The Observer

437 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Alexander Fullerton (1924–2008) was a British author of naval and other fiction. Born in 1924 in Suffolk and brought up in France, he was a cadet during the years 1938-1941 at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of thirteen. He went to sea serving first in the battleship Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean, and spent the rest of the war at sea - mostly under it, in submarines.

Fullerton's first novel SURFACE! sold over 500,000 copies. Then he worked on the 9-volume Nicholas Everard series that made his reputation.

Series:
* Nicholas Everard Saga
* Rosie Ewing

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[John Milliner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much mental monologue

[peter walton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not the ending I expected , but who knows what will happen in the next book !!! Thoroughly enjoyed this book & the intrigue that was apparent thru' this book

[Larry D. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great WWII undercover detail

Excellent intrigue with a lot of back stories. Seemed very realistic. Nice to have multiple action lines to follow throughout the book.

[Michael Shaoul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read but wordy

Very enjoyable overall but he does make you work hard to stay with the story for the first half of the book. One of the nice things about Fullerton is that he does sometimes kill off his major characters which helps build the tension. In the end I was very happy I stuck with the book. Less dramatic than his naval works but there is a clautraphobic tension inherent to the occupation that he makes quite tangible.