Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction
Author’s Note
Maps
Prologue: The Execution
1 Bordeaux – Beginnings
2 Roger Landes
3 Friedrich Dohse
4 André Grandclément
5 A Happy Man and a Dead Body
6 Scientist Gets Established
7 A Visitor for David
8 Crackers and Bangs
9 Businesses, Brothels and Plans
10 ‘Je suis fort – Je suis même très fort’
11 A Birthday Present for Friedrich
12 The Wolf in the Fold
13 The Trap Closes
14 The Deal
15 Arms and Alarms
16 Progress and Precautions
17 The Battle of Lestiac
18 Maquis Officiels
19 Lencouacq
20 Of Missions and Machinations
21 Crossing the Frontier
22 Cyanide and Execution
23 Aristide Returns
24 ‘I come on behalf of Stanislas’
25 ‘Forewarned is Forearmed’
26 ‘This Poisoned Arrow Causes Death’
27 A Deadly Charade
28 The Viper’s Nest
29 Two Hours to Leave France
30 Nunc Dimittis
Epilogue: Post Hoc Propter Hoc
Acknowledgements
Dramatis Personae
Notes
Select Bibliography
Picture Section
Index
About the Author
Also by Paddy Ashdown
About the Publisher