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"A stunning spy story... incomparable." - The Guardian

It's 1979, and a group of former SS officers are devising a plan to seize power in West Germany. XPD is a brilliant novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met... Read Full Overview

It is 1979. A stolen World War II document kept secret since then is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. Anyone who learns of the paper must die, his... Read Full Overview

It is 1979. A stolen World War II document kept secret since then is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. Anyone who learns of the paper must die, his... Read Full Overview

XPD means expedient demise: if these letters appear on your file, you're as good as dead--and anyone who learns about a secret meeting between Churchill and Hitler instantly earns that stamp. When Hitler's minutes of the meeting threaten to surface, the MI6, CIA, KGB, and a group... Read Full Overview

"A stunning spy story . . . incomparable." --The Guardian It's 1979, and a group of former SS officers are devising a plan to seize power in West Germany. XPD is a brilliant novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in... Read Full Overview

It is the most dangerous secret of the Second World War, one that could destroy Britain's reputation forever.

In 1940, a clandestine meeting took place between Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. All records of it have been hidden, and anyone who discovers the truth... Read Full Overview

"A stunning spy story . . . incomparable." --The Guardian It's 1979, and a group of former SS officers are devising a plan to seize power in West Germany. XPD is a brilliant novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in... Read Full Overview

It is 1979. A stolen World War II document kept secret since then is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. Anyone who learns of the paper must die, his... Read Full Overview

June 11, 1940 - where is Winston Churchill?

A private aircraft takes off from a small town in central France, while Adolf Hitler, the would-be conqueror of Europe, prepares for a clandestine meeting near the Belgian border.

For more than forty years the events... Read Full Overview