The Mission [Hardcover]

Jerome Tuccille (Author), Philip S. Jacobs (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Scottish newspaper reporter Philip Renfield, covering a 1941 crash-landing of a German plane in Scotland, soon discovers that the pilot is none other than Rudolph Hess. The British hide Hess in an old mental hospital in Wales, but Renfield tracks him down, determined to get his story. Hopelessly caught up in the intrigue that develops between Hess and his British captors, Renfield struggles against impossible odds to get a story that will never see print in wartime Britain. Whatever the real Rudolph Hess had in mind when he flew to Britain in 1941, it must have been far more exciting than this slow- moving, fictionalized version loaded with wooden characters and boring dialog. Not recommended.
- Brian Alley, Sangamon State Univ. Lib., Springfield, Ill.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Adult (February 28, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556111991
• ISBN-13: 978-1556111990
• Product Dimensions: 20 x 20 x 20 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,545,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jerome Tuccille is the author of twenty-seven books, including best-selling, award-winning biographies of the Gallo wine dynasty, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Alan Greenspan, and the Hunts of Texas, and several novels. Tuccille's latest biography is Gallo Be Thy Name, released by Phoenix Books in 2009, a history of the Gallo wine clan and its roots in organized crime. Gallo Be Thy Name has been named one of the best books of 2009 by Reason magazine, and one of the best business books of 2009 by University of California Library System. Other awards are pending. The author's true crime memoir, Gallery of Fools, has been optioned for a movie. A revised and updated edition was published in December 2010