ROBERT LITTELL - The Once & Future Spy

London England, Faber & Faber, 1990. 1st Uk Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0571144004 Hardback This book explores the inner workings of the most disquieting and incendiary espionage operation ever launched by a free nation, and the genius of an idealistic once and future spy who takes refuge in history to discover the secret of a Revolutionary War mystery - and then uses the secret to try and thwart the current plotters. Brilliantly intertwining past and present, Littell has written a spy novel that is destined to became a classic of the genre. Tiny mark to inside cover.