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June 11, 1940 - where is Winston Churchill? A private aircraft takes off from a small town in central France, while Adolf Hitler, the would-be conqueror of Europe, prepares for a clandestine meeting near the Belgian border. For more than forty years the events of this day have been Britain's most closely guarded secret. Anyone who learns of them must die - with their file XPD - expedient demise

'A stunning spy story... Deighton remains the incomparable entertainer' - The Guardian

'Deliciously sharp and flawlessly accurate dialogue, breathtakingly clever plotting, confident charater drawing.. a splendidly strongly told story' - H R F Keating, The Times

'Exciting and well made' - Daily Telegraph

'Deighton in top form... the best kind of action entertainment' - Publishers Weekly