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Stained Glass

by William F. Buckley Jr. · 1978 · 273 pages

Part of the Blackford Oakes series

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Stained Glass offers an intricate plot involving the restoration of war-damaged windows in a fabled German chapel. When Blackford Oakes takes a sabbatical from his work as a CIA spy, he ends up in the arms of a beautiful KGB agent — and on the horns of a dilemma. He must betray her or pull the switch on an old friend who is rallying support for a reunited Germany.

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Genre
spy thrillermysterythrillerhistorical fiction
Setting
cold warUSA
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 273 pages

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