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Book SynopsisIn an aging mansion on the south side of London's Putney Bridge, an old woman confesses a secret to her grandson, just returned home from the battlefields of World War II. Charlotte Stetchworth has always appeared to be a proper Englishwoman, though with a lively background as a suffragette and European traveler. Now, her grandson Freddy learns a sinister secret, that Charlotte and her son RollyFreddy's fatherwere involved in a complex web of spying for the Germans starting in World War I. In this captivating novel by historian and Army veteran Colonel David Fitz-Enz, we follow Rolly throughout the European theater of World War I. Rags, as he is known to friends and colleagues, is assigned to the staff of Major General Avery Hilliard Hopewell, an inspector general for the British Army whose work takes him from the battlefields of France to Alexandria and Gallipoli and beyond. Rags' travels lead him to army hospitals, a mysterious father figure, a beautiful nurse wracked with grief, and Churchill's War Rooms. Along the way, he and Charlotte learn the art of spycraft and use any means necessary to keep their secret. But while Freddy is told his family's covert history, he begins to suspect that Charlotte has just scratched the surface. Beginning his own investigation, Freddy learns that there is much more to discover about the spy on Putney Bridge.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Cast of Characters
Timeline
Maps
PART I: CODE (1945)
Chapter OneLondon, Just Prior to Christmas, 1945
Chapter TwoRegensburg, Germany, and Yorkshire, 1898
Chapter ThreeLondon, 1898–1910
Chapter FourCharterhouse and Putney, 1910–1914
Chapter FivePutney, 1914–1915
Chapter SixPutney, Lakenheath, and Horse Guards, February–March 1915
Chapter SevenPutney Bridge, April–May 1915
PART II: PLAINTEXT (1915–1918)
Chapter EightLondon, May 1915
Chapter NineLambeth Bridge, 1915
Chapter TenHorse Guards, 1915
Chapter ElevenThe White Swan and Woolwich, 1915
Chapter TwelveMediterranean, Late June 1915
Chapter ThirteenGallipoli, Mid-July 1915
Chapter FourteenGallipoli, July–August 1915
Chapter FifteenGallipoli, August 1915
Chapter SixteenAlexandria and Rome, August 1915
Chapter SeventeenRome, August 1915
Chapter EighteenRome, August 1915, and London, September 1915
Chapter NineteenLondon, September 1915
Chapter TwentyHorse Guards, September 1915
Chapter Twenty-OneHorse Guards, September 1915
Chapter Twenty-TwoHorse Guards, September 1915
Chapter Twenty-ThreeLondon, Early October 1915
Chapter Twenty-FourLondon and Calais, Early October 1915
Chapter Twenty-FiveLoos, Early October 1915
Chapter Twenty-SixChateau Chenonceau, October 1915
Chapter Twenty-SevenThe Channel and London, October 1915
Chapter Twenty-EightFrance, March–August 1916
Chapter Twenty-NineLondon, September 1916
Chapter Thirty London, October 1916
Chapter Thirty-OneEurope, 1918–1920
Chapter Thirty-TwoLondon, 1921
PART III: TRANSMISSION (1936–1944)
Chapter Thirty-ThreeLondon and Newmarket, 1936
Chapter Thirty-FourFort Belvedere and Germany, 1936
Chapter Thirty-FiveThe Eagle’s Nest and Sweden, 1936
Chapter Thirty-SixEurope, 1937–1940
Chapter Thirty-SevenLondon, 1940–1941
Chapter Thirty-EightLondon, 1942–1943
Chapter Thirty-NineLondon, 1944
PART IV: KEY (1945)
Chapter FortyLondon, Just After Christmas, 1945
Chapter Forty-OnePutney Bridge
Afterword
About the Author
