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Marco Polo, if You Can is a 1982 Blackford Oakes novel by William F. Buckley, Jr. It is the fourth of 11 novels in the series. Plot. CIA agent Blackford Oakes is shot down in a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960. References
1 de ene. de 1981 · Master of espionage fiction and National Book Award winner William F. Buckley Jr. brings us another in his best-selling series starring the intrepid CIA agent Blackford Oakes. When a shadowy Russian mole threatens to undermine the free world's defenses by infiltrating President Eisenhower's National Security Counsel, CIA super-secret ...
MARCO POLO, IF YOU CAN. by William F. Buckley Jr. ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 8, 1981. bookshelf. shop now. In Who's On First, Buckley inserted CIA-agent hero Blackford Oakes into real history (the US/Soviet space race) with the cleverest sort of almost-plausibility.
An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. Internet Archive Audio. Live Music Archive Librivox Free Audio. Featured. All Audio; This Just In; ... Marco Polo, if you can by Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. Publication date 1982 Topics Oakes, Blackford (Fictitious character), Intelligence ...
1 de ene. de 1987 · You know a lot of the background on historical characters is true, you just don’t know which parts. Here, we open with Oakes in a secret kangaroo-court trial in the Lubyanka prison in Moscow after having piloted a U-2 spy plane forced down.
A CIA agent is on trial in the USSR in this New York Times bestseller that “mixes politics, humor, suspense, and ingenious espionage capers” (Publishers Weekly). The prisoner in the dock is accused of unspeakable crimes against the Soviet Union—charges Blackford Oakes is proud to be guilty of.
25 de ago. de 2015 · Marco Polo, If You Can. William F. Buckley. 4.3 • 6 Ratings. $8.99. Publisher Description. A CIA agent is on trial in the USSR in this New York Times bestseller that “mixes politics, humor, suspense, and ingenious espionage capers” (Publishers Weekly).
