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This book will, I hope, recall many pleasant memories of places we have visited together. And because its setting is the Dolomites, it will particularly remind you of a little albergo near the Ponte nelle Alpi where we met for a drink

This book will, I hope, recall many pleasant memories of places we have visited together. And because its setting is the Dolomites, it will particularly remind you of a little albergo near the Ponte nelle Alpi where we met for a drink. You were on your way up to Cortina.

The Trojan Horse' was only Hammond Innes' second book, published way back in 1940, but already many of what would become his trademarks are apparent: Lawyer Andrew Kilmartin is the standard Innes protagonist.

The Trojan Horse' was only Hammond Innes' second book, published way back in 1940, but already many of what would become his trademarks are apparent: Lawyer Andrew Kilmartin is the standard Innes protagonist: the ordinary 'everyman' who through no fault of his own gets dragged deeper and deeper into a larger conspiracy. Franz Schmidt is the mysterious, obsessive, and possibly mad character whose actions get the protagonist involved in the story. Similarly, Sedel and Marburg are shadowy antagonists who may or may not be true villains.

Chapter one. The face from the barbican.

Ralph Hammond Innes CBE (15 July 1913 – 10 June 1998) was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as children's and travel books

Ralph Hammond Innes CBE (15 July 1913 – 10 June 1998) was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as children's and travel books. Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex, and educated at Feltonfleet School, Cobham, Surrey where he was head boy and later at Cranbrook School in Kent. He left in 1931 to work as a journalist, initially with the Financial Times (at the time called the Financial News). The Doppelganger, his first novel, was published in 1937.

It was past eight now and I was hungry, dirty and dispirited. I had found no trace of Freya. Presumably she had been removed to another hiding place. for in some cases the hatches were difficult to open and some were tucked under steel girders so that I had scarcely been able to squeeze myself inside

Hammond Innes (1914 - 1998) was an English adventure author who wrote over thirty novels as well as children's and travel books. Ralph Hammond Innes was born in Horsham, Sussex.

Hammond Innes (1914 - 1998) was an English adventure author who wrote over thirty novels as well as children's and travel books. Educated at Cranbrook School in Kent he left in 1931 to work as a journalist, initially with the Financial Times. The Doppelganger, his first novel was published in 1937.

The Trojan Horse book. Ralph Hammond Innes was an English novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as children's and travel books. The World Mystery Convention honoured Innes with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bouchercon XXIV awards in Omaha, Nebraska, Oct, 1993.

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