{"product_id":"9781529176179","title":"The Partisan","description":"Author: Worrall, Patrick\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529176179\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 496\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 30mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e'A dazzlingly confident debut...\u003cb\u003emarks the advent of a real talent\u003c\/b\u003e' (\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Compelling, intricate and epic in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Partisan\u003c\/i\u003e is a virtuoso WW2\/Cold War thriller with a difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the summer of 1961 and the brutal Cold War between East and West is becoming ever more perilous.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo young prodigies from either side of the Iron Curtain, Yulia and Michael, meet at a chess tournament in London. They don't know it, but they are about to compete in the deadliest game ever played.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShadowing them is Greta, a ruthless resistance fighter who grew up the hard way in the forests of Lithuania, but who is now hunting down some of the most dangerous men in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMen who are also on the radar of Vassily, perhaps the Soviet Union's greatest spymaster. A man of cunning and influence, Vassily was Yulia's minder during her visit to the West, but even he could not foresee the consequences of her meeting Michael.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the world is accelerating towards an inevitable and catastrophic conflict, what can just four people do to prevent it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpic in scope, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePartisan\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrill ride like no other, taking you from the hallowed halls of Cambridge to the grimy depths of the Moscow underworld, from 1960s London to the Eastern Front in the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065876340894,"sku":"UBD-9781529176179","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529176179.jpg?v=1738731003","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529176179","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}