The Key to Rebecca

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espionage novel historical novel novel thriller novel

The Key to Rebecca is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett that follows a German spy in Cairo using a code based on Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca to aid Rommel’s North African campaign.

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The Key to Rebecca canonical 2
The Key to Rebecca (1985 television film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf espionage novel ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
thriller novel ⓘ
adaptation The Key to Rebecca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Key to Rebecca (1985 television film)
author Ken Follett ⓘ
basedOn use of the novel Rebecca as a code key ⓘ
conflict North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy The Man from St. Petersburg ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasPageCount approx. 320 ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
codebreaking ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
survival ⓘ
war ⓘ
inspiredBy real German spy Johannes Eppler ⓘ
involves British intelligence officer ⓘ
Erwin Rommel’s North African campaign ⓘ
German spy ⓘ
code based on Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryReference Rebecca ⓘ
literaryReferenceAuthor Daphne du Maurier ⓘ
mainCharacter Alex Wolff ⓘ
Elene Fontana ⓘ
Major William Vandam ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor use of a popular novel as a cipher key ⓘ
partOf Ken Follett ⓘ
surface form: Ken Follett’s World War II thrillers
plotFocus German espionage in Cairo ⓘ
use of a literary code based on the novel Rebecca ⓘ
precededBy Eye of the Needle ⓘ
publicationYear 1980 ⓘ
publisher William Morrow and Company ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
settingPlace Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timeSettingStart 1942 ⓘ

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Ken Follett → notableWork → The Key to Rebecca ⓘ
Follett → notableWork → The Key to Rebecca ⓘ
subject surface form: Ken Follett
The Key to Rebecca → adaptation → The Key to Rebecca self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Key to Rebecca (1985 television film)