''The Invisible Victory'' is a 1977

spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

thriller novel Thriller is a genre of fiction, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres. Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and anxiety. Su ...

by the British writer Richard Gordon.Peacock p.356 A young British

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...

working in Germany in the late 1930s is recruited by British intelligence to work on stealing scientific research from the

Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in ...

authorities.

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* Peacock, Scott. ''Contemporary Authors''. Cengage Gale, 2002. 1977 British novels Novels by Richard Gordon Novels set in the 1930s British thriller novels British spy novels Novels set during World War II Heinemann (publisher) books {{1970s-WWII-novel-stub