Topaz.

URIS, Leon.

Item Number: 115347

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1967.

First edition of this work, basis for the 1969 Alfred Hitchcock film. Octavo, original cloth. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to historian Arnold Krammer, “To Dr. Arnold Krammer Shalom Leon Uris.” The recipient, Arnold Krammer was a historian who specialized in German and United States history and a professor at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He was twice a Fulbright scholar in Germany in 1992-1993 and 2002-2003. He was the author of seven books, the most recent of which was War Crimes, Genocide, and the Law: Historical Perspective, published in 2009. He is a co-author of five other books and has penned scores of historical articles and book reviews in various learned journals, such as The Journal of Contemporary History, Slavic Review, The Russian Review, German Studies Review and Journal of Military History. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Jacket design by Leonard Leone. 

Topaz follows French intelligence chief André Devereaux and NATO intelligence chief Michael Nordstrom. On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis in Paris, 1962, Devereaux and Nordstrom uncover Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms. But when nobody acts after sharing his findings, Devereaux becomes the target of an assassination attempt and soon realizes the plot extends far beyond Cuba—and himself. A thrilling and well-paced novel filled with Cold War intrigue, Topaz features two agents on a journey around the world to save NATO and themselves. A subsequent film based on the novel was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and released in 1969. “A master at weaving historical fact and fiction" (USA Today).