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Traitor's Purse: Complete & Unabridged [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Margery Allingham (Author), Francis Matthews (Reader)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Chivers Audio Books (Nov 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0745157335
  • ISBN-13: 978-0745157337
  • Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,185,989 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A man clouded by amnesia knows only that he must do something that is vitally urgent to the fate of the world and must figure out what to do, and where, before it is too late.

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‘Spending an evening with Campion is one of life’s pure pleasures’ Saturday Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beleagured England, 19 Oct 2004
By A. J. Skelcher (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Traitor's Purse (Hardcover)
This novel unfolds like a film noir thriller. Albert Campion, the detective, comes round in hospital, believing himself to be under arrest for serious assault on a policeman. But there is a matter much more urgent, something else pressing onto his disjointed brain. To make matters worse, he alienates his main ally, Amanda Fitton.

Originally published in 1941, the future of 'beleagured England'is at stake, 'with all the tides of a new and diabollically astute barbary lapping at her feet', in a way that youy wouldn't guess at even today.

A startling departure from Campion's usual territory.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Warning: know your Allingham!, 17 April 2006
This review is from: Traitor's Purse (Paperback)
Albert Campion started his literary life as a seemingly extraneous figure in a curious book called _The Crime at Black Dudley_ (aka The Black Dudley Murder), where he inexplicably solves the crime rather than the hero. After that, he goes through a series of free-wheeling adventures -- ably assisted by his servant, ex-convict Lugg and Inspector Stanislas Oates. These books, a lot of fun and more thriller than detective oriented, include _Look to the Lady_ (aka Gyrth Chalice Mystery) and _Mystery Mile_. One of the most fun but least detective-oriented is _Sweet Danger_ (The Fear Sign, Kingdom of Death) where he meets a girl called Amanda.

Personally, I find subsequent Campion adventures less interesting, and Campion himself becomes rather a dull fellow. But during the World War II he finds himself involved in this wonderful adventure, _Traitor's Purse_, where he's on the trail of Nazi spies, but -- here's the trick -- he has amnesia, and doesn't even remember what his mission is, much less whom he can trust.

Anyone who knows Campion adventures -- as most readers would when the book was published -- will know where the loyalties of Amanda, Lugg and Oates lie, and perhaps it is good to go in with a few previous Campions under your belt to eliminate some of hero's utter confusion.

It's a great story and it moves like lightning.
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