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| Author | Victor Canning |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Spy thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Sloane (US) |
Publication date | 1954 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Castle Minerva is a 1954 spy thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. It was published in the United States under the alternative title of A Handful of Silver. [1] A contemporary review in The Sunday Times concluded "Castle Minerva not only brilliantly entertains; it satisfies".
While taking a climbing holiday in North Wales, David Fraser encounters his old wartime comrade Colonel Drexel. Drexel wants him to go to Southern France for him to protect a young Arab prince whose country has valuable oil reserves and will sign a treaty once he comes of age. However only a few days after arriving in Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyrenees, the prince goes missing and Fraser is blamed.
It was adapted into the British film Masquerade directed by Basil Dearden and starring Cliff Robertson, Jack Hawkins and Marisa Mell. [2]
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