Contents


Title

Acknowledgements

Prologue

Part I  

The Characters

1  

Johannes Eppler, Beirut May 1937

2  

Eppler, Athens and Berlin, July–August 1937

3  

László Almásy

4  

Alfred Sansom

Part II  

The Scene

5  

Cairo, Spring 1941

6  

The Western Desert

7  

Tripoli, March 1941

Part III  

Operations

8  

The Troublesome General

9  

Exit Ritter  

10  

Under the Pagoda Tree

11  

The ‘Good Source’

12  

Interview with the Führer

Part IV  

Kondor

13  

Planning

14  

The Rebecca Code

15  

False Start

16  

Operation Salam

17  

Assiut

18  

The Flap

19  

Kondor Calling

20  

The Ring Tightens

21  

Currency Matters

22  

The Raid

23  

Rommel at Bay

24  

Interrogation

25  

The Riddle of Alam Halfa

Epilogue

Dramatis Personae

Bibliography

Glossary

Plates

About the Author

Abbreviations to Notes

Copyright