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1944 novel
Courier to Marrakesh
AuthorValentine Williams
LanguageEnglish
SeriesClubfoot
GenreSpy thriller
PublisherHodder and Stoughton
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Publication date1944
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Spider's Touch 

Courier to Marrakesh is a 1944 spy thriller novel by the British author Valentine Williams. It is the last in his series of novels featuring the character of "Clubfoot", the mastermind of the German secret service. While the character had initially appeared in stories set during the First World War, the final novel updated the series to the Second World War.

References

  1. Reilly p.1495
  2. Krebs p.47
  3. Burton p.430

Bibliography

  • Burton, Alan. Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
  • Krebs, Katja. Cultural Dissemination and Translational Communities: German Drama in English Translation 1900-1914. Routledge, 2014.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
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