The Rommel Plot, a Novel

J. B. Lippincott, 1977 First American Edition.. Very Good/Very Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG black pictorial dj. Meticulously researched and based largely on fact." 250 pp. Nice, clean unmarked copy. Occupied France-"Foxhound, " a British agent operating from a village near Chartres, believes he has discovered a way to assassinate Field Marshal Rommel. He requests instructions. Berlin-Operation Valkyrie moves forward. It is the generals' plot to assassinate Hitter, replace him with Rommel, and then seek a negotiated peace. Berne-Allen Dulles, of the OSS, is approached by a secret emmisary from the generals. Would the Allies negotiate if Valkyrie were carried out? London-Allied intelligence groups decide to reject Foxhound's plan, but the Gestapo has blown his Resistance circuit, Foxhound has vanished.