--- product_id: 1372540 title: "An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014" brand: "robert harris" price: "KD 12.46" currency: KWD in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/1372540-an-officer-and-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover-deckle-edge store_origin: KW region: Kuwait --- # An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014 **Brand:** robert harris **Price:** KD 12.46 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014 by robert harris - **How much does it cost?** KD 12.46 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/1372540-an-officer-and-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover-deckle-edge) ## Best For - robert harris enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted robert harris brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-GUP5ERfL.jpg) ![An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31I+8JC1NLL.jpg) ![An Officer and a Spy: A novel Hardcover – Deckle Edge, January 28, 2014 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31FhWDb9z7L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ incredible!! *by D***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 10, 2023* What a story! And so we’ll written!! I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading a historical novel! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent historical fiction *by E***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2015* Mon Cher Esther (and Louis)!Sabine and I are on the ‘plane returning from Paris (that’s why I am still speaking French) and I decided I should email you now, because once we are at home, I know we’ll be shot out of a canon trying to catch up with everything.We have been away for 10 days. First we went to Berlin to visit with Sabine’s Brother and wife and then on to Paris, where we met a friend who was also travelling. We visited tons of museums, galleries and exhibitions. HIGHLIGHTS: The Gamaldegalerie in Berlin is a HUGE museum with tons of old masters type paintings. It’s light and bright and spacious and the audio guide is very educational and entertaining. . We also saw a great exhibit at the Berlin Film Museum on the set designer who did all of the sets for James Bond. The Klimt exhibition was one of our favourites in Paris, but we wish there were more pictures and less background and it was very dark and gloomy so one feels tired. We also enjoyed the Jeanne Lavin exhibit….beautifully displayed! We always return to our favourite 2 private house which are now museums in Paris and in Berlin we went to the opera and saw La Boheme and Madame Butterfly. In between there were restaurants galore and lots of adventures. We find both the Germans and French, really, really nice to us. As you know, it all becomes a bit of a blur after a while.But now we are ready to come back to TO and reality and especially to our Tia whom we miss soooooo much. She is, after all, our “baby”!I am attaching a group of photos….. We have lots more, but won’t bore you…..- We took a day trip to a small town, Neuselle to visit a Cathedral and Cloister where the monks made beer- Sabine in the breakfast room.- Me in a café outside the Film Institute- Our fav Italian restaurant in the art gallery area of Berlin (like Queen Street). This is a great poster of little people.- You know this landmark- With our friend, Catherine, in the Salon at our hotel where we drink champagne and then go out to dinner.- Look very carefully who is sitting at the table with the 2 men!So, enough about me…hope you and Louis are happy and well, especially your leg. I know you guys will be enjoying family and a whirlwind of get togethers with family and friends over Passover. Enjoy!One more thing about me and all’s fine….for the last 6 months I have been dealing with heart stuff. I have what’s called Atril Fribulation where the heart goes crazy and beats rapidly and goes on and on. It’s no big deal, because there are good meds for it and it’s controlled. I have been in and out of the hospital for tests and procedures and next Friday, I will be at St. Miles to have a Cardio Conversion which shocks my heart to try to get it back into proper rhythm. As I said, don’t fret, this is not going to kill me…the risks are stoke which are now under control and tremendous fatigue from my heart working so hard, plus the meds. I will get better so I can look after Sabine and Tia and do business with PI Fine Art. I am reluctant to tell you all of this and please keep it quiet. It’s being dealt with and there’s no reason to trouble people. I mention it to you because you have noted that I am not in touch as often as I would prefer.That’s enough update for now. Luv to you guys and take care…..Sabine and BryonPS: It is Easter time as well as Passover and I recall you telling me that Andy used to write you from camp and spell your name “Easter” or something like that – whatever, it’s cute.Bryon PattonBryon Patton & Associates160 Pears Avenue, Suite 314Toronto, ON M5R 3P8Tel: (416) 960-6060Fax: (416) 960-2007A wonderful book, engaging, exciting , mysterious and historical ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Historical Novelization Which Meets High Standards - A Riveting Story! *by H***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 2, 2014* Because I read a lot of history, fictionalized history is not my favorite genre. Too often the artistic license taken is so broad that it interferes with my reading. It's like dissonance of the brain or alarms clanging in the background. However, once in a while I get wind of a well-researched well-written novelized history, and then I enjoy it immensely."An Officer and a Spy" is in the latter camp. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is like a thriller. Even though I knew how the story ends, I could not put it down.Our narrator is Major Picquart, a real person originally in military transport. In 1895, the year after Dreyfus' conviction for treason, Picquart is promoted to Colonel in the Statistical Section of the Ministry of War. The Statistical Section is the intelligence/counter intelligence arm of the War office. It is a grubby shady operation. That it can require the individual's suspension of morals morays and sense of fair play is impressed on Picquart fairly quickly, He has to sign off on the monthly reports on Dreyfus' solitary confinement on Devil's Island. The conditions in which the prisoner is held are grotesquely cruel. Picquart writes, "Gradually over the winter I discern that we do in fact have a policy with regard to Dreyfus, it has simply never been explained to me in so many words, either verbally or on paper. We are waiting for him to die."The true story of how Picquart uncovers evidence of Dreyfus' innocence is interesting. The true story of how Picquart is pole-axed to find out that the army has no intention of admitting it made a mistake is dismaying. The story of how Picquart discovers the true traitor is riveting. The trials at the end, where the army actually helps the real traitor get an acquittal in exchange for helping them frame Picquart as Dreyfus' confederate, again, only to keep from admitting its mistake with Dreyfus, had me near foaming at the mouth. That invoking the name Dreyfus Affair now means an excruciating miscarriage of justice is no sleight of hand. This is an extraordinary tale from start to finish.Robert Harris does an excellent job of marshaling a lot of dates and data into a story that has only a few places where it gets a bit bogged down in detail. His characterizations are rich, "Gribelin is an enigma to me: the epitome of the servile bureaucrat; an animated corpse. He could be any age between forty and sixty and is as thin as a wraith of black smoke, the only colour he wears. Mostly he closets himself alone upstairs in his archive; on the rare occasions he does appear he creeps along close to the wall, dark and silent as a shadow. I could imagine him slipping around the edge of a closed door, or sliding beneath it."Before the denouement, for his refusal to let go, to shut up, to not bend, Picquart is cashiered from the army and those closest to him are harassed: "For the first time in my life I carry hatred inside me. It is an almost physical thing, like a concealed knife. Sometimes, when I am alone, I like to take it out and run my thumb along its cold, sharp blade."Robert Harris admits that he opted to make small additions/alterations to the real plot keep the flow of his fictional story. But overall, he stuck very much to the truth. In particular, the named people are real people. I haven't read anything else by Harris, but I'll have to put him on my "newly discovered" list and see if I appreciate another of his works.I very much enjoyed "An Officer and a Spy" and recommend it!Happy Reader --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/1372540-an-officer-and-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover-deckle-edge](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/1372540-an-officer-and-a-spy-a-novel-hardcover-deckle-edge) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kuwait* *Store origin: KW* *Last updated: 2026-05-21*