Trapeze A Novel
Trapeze A Novel by Simon Mawer, published by Other Press, LLC on May 1, 2012, is a historical fiction work set against the backdrop of World War II. This 384-page novel follows Marian Sutro, a young woman who, due to her proficiency in French, is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to serve in occupied Europe. As she undergoes rigorous training and embarks on a perilous mission, Marian’s journey reveals the complexities of espionage and the personal stakes involved in the war effort.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines adventure with the challenges of growing up in a tumultuous time. The story delves into themes of love, betrayal, and the moral dilemmas faced by those involved in wartime espionage. As Marian navigates her dual mission—both to join the resistance and to persuade a physicist friend to contribute to the Allied cause—she encounters a world filled with danger and intrigue. Trapeze presents a vivid exploration of a young woman’s transformation amidst the chaos of war, highlighting the extraordinary actions of individuals who played crucial roles in history.
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A propulsive novel of World War II espionage by the author of New York Times best seller The Glass Room.
Barely out of school and doing her bit for the British war effort, Marian Sutro has one quality that makes her stand out—she is a native French speaker. It is this that attracts the attention of the SOE, the Special Operations Executive, which trains agents to operate in occupied Europe. Drawn into this strange, secret world at the age of nineteen, she finds herself undergoing commando training, attending a “school for spies,” and ultimately, one autumn night, parachuting into France from an RAF bomber to join the WORDSMITH resistance network.
But there’s more to Marian’s mission than meets the eye of her SOE controllers; her mission has been hijacked by another secret organization that wants her to go to Paris and persuade a friend—a research physicist—to join the Allied war effort. The outcome could affect the whole course of the war.
A fascinating blend of fact and fiction, Trapeze is both an old-fashioned adventure story and a modern exploration of a young woman’s growth into adulthood. There is violence, and there is love. There is death and betrayal, deception and revelation. But above all there is Marian Sutro, an ordinary young woman who, like her real-life counterparts in the SOE, did the most extraordinary things at a time when the ordinary was not enough.
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