FIRE AGENT, THE: A Novel

“A spy novel, a war story, a love story-brilliant historical fiction that is hardly fictional at all.”-Graham Yost, executive producer ofThe AmericansandSlow Horses

An unforgettable, sweeping novel of espionage, love, and war that reframes our understanding of the first half of the twentieth century.

Born into an aristocratic German Jewish family, Ernst Baerwald is a gifted linguist, talented musician, and fearless idealist. When he's recruited in 1900 to become a spy-his cover working for ...