Apr 1914 - 18 Sep 1914
Spring 1914. At a masked ball, the Duke de Richleau has an intriguing meeting with a beautiful woman.
An incident that was to lead the Duke into a series of desperate adventures as he became involved, firstly with The Black Hand, a Serbian, secret, terrorist society, and then, as a British secret agent, at the Austrian Supreme Headquarters.
Finally, at the Kaiser's headquarters, he was to take a hand in the Battle of the Marne – the operation that shattered Germany's chance of victory.
And through the violence, intrigue and hair's-breadth escapes, there runs also the story of a great love.
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Apr 1914 - 18 Sep 1914
Spring 1914. At a masked ball, the Duke de Richleau has an intriguing meeting with a beautiful woman.
An incident that was to lead the Duke into a series of desperate adventures as he became involved, firstly with The Black Hand, a Serbian, secret, terrorist society, and then, as a British secret agent, at the Austrian Supreme Headquarters.
Finally, at the Kaiser's headquarters, he was to take a hand in the Battle of the Marne – the operation that shattered Germany's chance of victory.
And through the violence, intrigue and hair's-breadth escapes, there runs also the story of a great love.