Researched using previously unstudied MI5 and MI6 files, this
study reveals the part played by Count Laszlo Almasy, the
protagonist of the film "The English Patient"
John Eppler thought himself to be the perfect spy. Born to
German parents, he grew up in Egypt, adopted by a wealthy family
and was educated in Europe. Fluent in German, English, and Arabic,
he made the Hadj to Mecca but was more at home in high society or
traveling the desert on camelback with his adopted Bedouin tribe.
After joining the German Secret Service in 1937, in 1942 he was
sent across the desert to Cairo by Field Marshal Rommel. His guide
was the explorer and Hungarian aristocrat Laszlo Almasy, a man made
famous by the book "The English Patient." Eppler's mission was to
infiltrate British Army Headquarters and discover the Eighth Army's
troop movements and battle plans. This book reveals the story of
Operation Condor and its comedy of errors and how it was foiled by
Major A.W. "Sammy" Sansom of the British Field Security Service. It
is a tale of the desert, of the hotbed of intrigue that was 1940s
Cairo, and the spy who was to send his reports using a code based
on Daphne du Maurier's novel "Rebecca."
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