Hour of the Donkey

The Hour of the Donkey by Anthony Price

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


In this one book Anthony Price, an established spy-fi author of note, proves he can do historical fiction too. He elegantly weaves his worms-eye narrative of the Battle of France through the tapestry of historical fact to a nail-biting dénouement 'explaining' Hitler's notorious stop order at the Aa Canal. In the process he fills in the prehistory of the David Audley novels. The pace is frenetic but still just about credible. There are no brass heroes (though a couple of monsters), mainly ordinary human beings on both sides making the best of the situation they are in. What is not to like?



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