{"product_id":"the-life-line-by-phyllis-bottome-9781739879402","title":"The Life Line","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMark Chalmers, 36, dark-haired, athletic, keen on skiing and winter sports, speaks fluent French and German and has a taste for wine, food, and women. Sounds familiar?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is 1938, pre the Munich Agreement and post Anschluss. Chalmers, a master at Eton, is recruited by an old friend at the Foreign Office and introduced to his boss, ‘B’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChalmers reluctantly agrees to take on a hazardous mission for British Intelligence – to parachute into Nazi-occupied Austria and pass on information to a British agent. In case of trouble, he is given a suicide pill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChalmers has no intention of committing himself beyond this one job, but once he reaches his destination, he finds himself sucked into the cause fighting fascism with the Austrian-German Underground - until there is no turning back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Life Line\u003c\/em\u003e by Phyllis Bottome is a gripping tale of danger and espionage, set against the backdrop of a Europe on the brink of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46846437097708,"sku":"9781739879402","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12781493482807.jpg?v=1758910023","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-life-line-by-phyllis-bottome-9781739879402","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}