Alex Kershaw's new book Avenue of Spies tells a little known story about an American named Sumner Jackson who was in Paris when the Nazi army occupied France. To make things even worse, he, his wife, and son lived next door to the Gestapo headquarters. Nevertheless, when Americans were evacuated, he chose to stay in France and help the resistance fight the Nazis as well as save Jews from their ultimate demise.
As it can be inferred from the title, Kershaw's book is a story of espionage. Granted, it has classic elements of a good spy novel, namely loyalty, trust, and betrayal. We see a man devoted to the free world who absolutely would not stand for what Hitler and the Nazis stood for, and who would actually do something about it instead of being an armchair warrior. Sumner Jackson is a true hero worthy of praise.
Avenue of Spies is not a particularly lengthy book. At 230 pages of text, Kershaw definitely gets the job done without boring the reader with unnecessary details.
As it can be inferred from the title, Kershaw's book is a story of espionage. Granted, it has classic elements of a good spy novel, namely loyalty, trust, and betrayal. We see a man devoted to the free world who absolutely would not stand for what Hitler and the Nazis stood for, and who would actually do something about it instead of being an armchair warrior. Sumner Jackson is a true hero worthy of praise.
Avenue of Spies is not a particularly lengthy book. At 230 pages of text, Kershaw definitely gets the job done without boring the reader with unnecessary details.
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