PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT: An Extravaganza.
by CHRISTIE, Agatha
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- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
When a bored diplomat is approached in a bleak airport by a woman whose life is in danger, he agrees in a moment of weakness to lend her his passport and boarding ticket. Suddenly, Stafford Nye's own life is on the line, and he is caught in a web of international intrigue. To escape he must outwit the power-crazed Countess von Waldsausen, hell-bent on world domination.In 1970, Passenger to Frankfurt was published to coincide with Christie's eightieth year. On publication, the novel was the largest printing ever of a first edition Christie. The 58,000 copies sold out quickly.
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- Bookseller
- Russell Needham Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4820
- Title
- PASSENGER TO FRANKFURT: An Extravaganza.
- Author
- CHRISTIE, Agatha
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition, 1st printing.
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1970
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