Jackdaws

This article is about a novel by Ken Follett. For the bird, see Jackdaw.

First edition (publ. Macmillan)

Jackdaws is a World War II spy thriller written by British novelist Ken Follett. It was published in hardcover format in 2001 by the Macmillan. It was reissued as a paperback book by Signet Books in 2002.

List of Characters

Felicity "Flick" Clairet – S.O.E. agent. She is the most experienced member of the resistance (being married to one of its leaders) and has taken more missions than any agent in S.O.E
Dieter Franck – German Army Intelligence officer working for F.M. Erwin Rommel. Unlike his colleagues he is not anti-Semitic and admires French culture, but he is still a German stereotype of efficiency; a shrewd detective and a ruthless interrogator, well versed in torture.
Hans Hesse – Franck's right-hand man.
Willi Weber – A zealous but narrow-minded Gestapo officer, Dieter's former colleague in the German police force
Percy Thwaite – Senior S.O.E. agent, Flick's longtime superior and father figure.
Paul Chancellor – U.S. Army officer; aide to F.M. Bernard Montgomery; although he initially makes a bad impression on Flick, his admiration (and attraction) for her grows quickly.
Michel Clairet – French Resistance leader, Flick's French husband; he is unfaithful to her, but is devoted to his country
Mademoiselle Lemas – French Resistance sympathizer
Flick's team, the Jackdaws
- Ruby Romain – an Anglo-French prison inmate who is uneducated, but cunning and tough
- Diana Colefield, daughter of Flick's mother's employer, grew up with Flick – an awkward aristocrat, but a brilliant markswoman.
- Maude Valentine – an Anglo-French flirt, liar, and dreamer. She wants to see Paris.
- Lady Denise Bowyer – another awkward aristocrat, recruited by one of Flick's fellow officers who is trying to steal credit from her team
- Geraldine "Jelly" Knight – Canadian explosives expert, the oldest of the Jackdaws
- Greta – an Anglo-German telephone engineer, has suffered much at the hands of the Nazis

References

External links

Ken Follett's Jackdaws - official site

Works by Ken Follett

Novels	The Modigliani Scandal (1976) Paper Money (1977) Eye of the Needle (1978) Triple (1979) The Key to Rebecca (1980) The Man from St. Petersburg (1982) Lie Down with Lions (1986) Night Over Water (1991) The Third Twin (1996) The Hammer of Eden (1998) Code to Zero (2000) Jackdaws (2001) Hornet Flight (2002) Whiteout (2004)

Historical novels	The Pillars of the Earth (1989) A Dangerous Fortune (1993) A Place Called Freedom (1995) World Without End (2007)

"Century" trilogy	Fall of Giants (2010) Winter of the World (2012) Edge of Eternity (2014)

Non-fiction	The Heist of the Century (1978) On Wings of Eagles (1983)

Apples Carstairs series (as Simon Myles)	The Big Needle (1974) The Big Black (1974) The Big Hit (1975)

Piers Roper series (as Ken Follett)	The Shakeout (1975) The Bear Raid (1976)

Novelizations (as Bernard L. Ross)	Amok: King of Legend (1976) Capricorn One (1978)

Children's fiction (as Martin Martinsen)	The Mystery Hideout (1976) The Power Twins (1976)

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