CODENAME: MADELEINE

On the eve of the Great War, a Mystic's daughter flees Moscow, a French soldier lies wounded on the Western Front, a German officer struggles with loyalty and integrity, and an English courtesan reclines on a sea of books. These individuals will embark on journeys that alter the course of history, with the constellations forcing the Mystic's daughter to choose between staying at her harp or joining the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE). Codename: Madeleine is a captivating spy story inspired by real events, set in a world of love, war, music, betrayal, poetry, and resistance, spanning Paris, London, Prague, India, and Latin America.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd

The night before the Great War, a mystic's daughter flees Moscow. A French soldier lies wounded on the Western Front. A German officer struggles with loyalty and integrity. An English courtesan lounges on a sea of books. Each of them embarks on a journey that will shape history.

The constellations will compel the mystic's daughter to make an impossible decision. To stay at her harp, playing the music that has always brought her solace, as the shadow of war looms once again - or to join the top-secret Special Operations Executive (SOE). Babouli, her Sufi father, calls her Madeleine, a name that the Gestapo knows all too well. A solitary mission to Occupied Paris promises to be the most perilous of World War Two.

Inspired by real events, Codename: Madeleine is the most unexpected spy story ever told. It teems with tigers, zeppelins, elephants, U-boats, angels, assassins, chessmen, cyanide, beetles, butterflies, and Rumi. Revolving between Paris, London, Prague, India, and Latin America, Codename: Madeleine is a kaleidoscope of love, war, music, betrayal, poetry, and resistance.

Weight: 566g
Dimension: 152 x 233 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915036131