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D-Day is approaching. They don’t know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and for Felicity “Flick” Clairet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain’s most effective operatives in Northern France. She knows that the Germans’ ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communications, and in the days before the invasion no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe.

But when Flick and her Resistance-leader husband try a direct, head-on assault that goes horribly wrong, her world turns upside down. Her group destroyed, her husband missing, her superiors unsure of her, her own confidence badly shaken, she has one last chance at the target, but the challenge, once daunting, is now near impossible. The new plan requires an all-woman team, none of them professionals, to be assembled and trained within days. Code-named the Jackdaws, they will attempt to infiltrate the exchange under the noses of the Germans—but the Germans are waiting for them now and have plans of their own. There are secrets Flick does not know—secrets within the German ranks, secrets among her hastily recruited team, secrets among those she trusts the most. And as the hours tick down to the point of no return, most daunting of all, there are secrets within herself. . . .

480 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 3,2001
Literary awards
audie award, corine internationaler buchpreis, 
Places
france, reims, paris, england, sainte-cécile, 

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Format
480 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published
November 26, 2002 by Penguin Books
ISBN
9780451207524
ASIN
0451207521
Language
English
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Ken Follett is one of the world's most successful authors. Over 170 million copies of the 36 books he has written have been sold in over 80 countries and in 33 languages.

Born on June 5th, 1949 in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a tax inspector, Ken was educated at state schools and went on to graduate from University College, London, with an Honours degree in Philosophy – later to be made a Fellow of the College in 1995.

He started his career as a reporter, first with his hometown newspaper the South Wales Echo and then with the London Evening News. Subsequently, he worked for a small London publishing house, Everest Books, eventually becoming Deputy Managing Director.

Ken's first major success came with the publication of Eye of the Needle in 1978. A World War II thriller set in England, this book earned him the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. It remains one of Ken's most popular books.

In 1989, Ken's epic novel about the building of a medieval cathedral, The Pillars of the Earth, was published. It reached number one on best-seller lists everywhere and was turned into a major television series produced by Ridley Scott, which aired in 2010. World Without End, the sequel to The Pillars of the Earth, proved equally popular when it was published in 2007.

Ken's new book, The Evening and the Morning, will be published in September 2020. It is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth and is set around the year 1,000, when Kingsbridge was an Anglo-Saxon settlement threatened by Viking invaders.

Ken has been active in numerous literacy charities and was president of Dyslexia Action for ten years. He was chair of the National Year of Reading, a joint initiative between government and businesses. He is also active in many Stevenage charities and is President of the Stevenage Community Trust and Patron of Home-Start Hertfordshire.

Ken, who loves music almost as much as he loves books, is an enthusiastic bass guitar player. He lives in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, with his wife Barbara, the former Labour Member of Parliament for Stevenage. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren and two Labradors.

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ItzDamonnn
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April 17,2025
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Reading Jackdaws, like other Ken Follett titles I've read, is kind of like riding a moped. It's a lot of fun, but all the same you really don't want to be seen enjoying it. For me reading Follett is one of those guilty pleasures, where you know it isn't the best writing out there, the characters aren't particularly well developed, and in general the book isn't ground breaking or noteworthy in any way -- and yet you keep reading, because secretly it's kind of fun.
If you like WWII fiction with lots of action and don't mind stereotypical characters, then Follett's your man.
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JusticeInSwords
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April 17,2025
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“Nome de Código Leoparda” é baseado em factos verídicos. A personagem de Flick foi construída a partir da história de Pearl Witherington membro do EOE (Executivo de Operações Especiais).
É um romance passado na II Guerra Mundial e aborda a força das mulheres e a importância que elas assumiram na vitória dos Aliados, mas esse estatuto nunca foi reconhecido oficialmente, porque pelo facto de serem mulheres nunca poderem ser condecoradas.
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LuizGuilherme
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April 17,2025
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Found this book abandoned in my seat pocket during a flight. Solid book, but definitely meant for women. The whole thing about the main character is that she’s really pretty but also very capable of doing her job and being an independent woman. There were some sexy time scenes that felt weird to read in public. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: DO NOT READ IN PUBLIC. Especially if you’re a dude. I made the mistake of reading this on a bus and the only thing I was thinking was ‘please dear God nobody glance over and see what I’m reading’. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t pop a half stubby during the intimate scenes. The bus had a bathroom and I had to excuse myself multiple times on the bus journey to take care of it. Just playing, I’m not that disgusting.
However, I did have several instances of having to tuck my boner into my wasteband in public due to the contents of this book. You’re probably thinking that this guy is a weirdo because you are most likely a woman if you’re reading a review about this book, but trust me, this happens more than you think.
I’m not sure if all women read books like this, or if all women books feature this sort of content, but if so, you ladies make me sick. I’m giving myself a pass because I had no idea that this book would be of such nature. But like I said, I picked this up on a plane. Was the woman who left it planning on revving up her lady parts surrounded by a bunch of strangers on a plane? How often does this happen!? Imagine if I pulled out porn in the library. There would be an absolute fit thrown and I’d be plastered all over Instagram as creep of the month. Unbeknownst to me, the same ladies who would ridicule this behavior would turn their noses back into their books and read smut scenes like the ones featured in this book.
There were a ton of characters that at times were hard to keep track of and some weren’t super well developed. Although the book was exciting and fun to read, I won’t recommend this to friends as I felt feminine reading the book and I don’t want people to make assumptions about me. However, this was a solid book and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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nekomini900
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April 17,2025
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The actual WWII espionage parts of the story were engaging and at times clever, but there is an unnecessary and unexpected amount of sexual energy that distracts from the war story. I had also hoped for more focus on the team of women that the book is about.

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lilkraken
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April 17,2025
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**4,5 estrelas**

A sua agilidade de escrita e a onda electrizante de suspense, deixam o nosso coração aos saltos e os pelos eriçados.

Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Thriller inspirado na Agente Secreta Pearl Witherington, membro executivo de Operações Especiais.

Homenagem a todas as mulheres espias, assim como a todas as outras que de alguma forma contribuíram para o fim da guerra.

Os horrores da tortura.
A morte, os assassínios, as condenações.
A miséria, física e da alma.
Uma missão. Uma corrida contra o tempo. Adrenalina. Decisões de vida ou de morte. Expondo a fragilidade e/ou a coragem exponencial.

Fica-se sem fôlego. Muito bom.

Nota: Apesar do reconhecido contributo de Pearl Witherington e de ter sido recomendada, não era atribuída a Cruz de Guerra a mulheres. Daí a desfaçatez de lhe concederem antes o título de membro civil da Ordem do Império Britânico, que declinou (e muito bem) dizendo “que não fizera nada civil”.
Que mundo este…
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