Twelve Minutes to Midnight: 1 (Penelope Tredwell Mysteries)

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Stepping out from behind the lectern, he held out his right hand towards the girl and the audience’s applause redoubled at this unexpected act of kindness. The dark-haired girl slowly climbed the steps at the front of the stage until finally she was standing in front of the author as Montgomery Flinch strode to greet her. Then, with a final bow to the audience, the two of them exited stage left, disappearing behind the heavy crimson drapes. Wiseman, Andreas (3 July 2018). "Shoot Begins On Lionsgate Thriller 'Six Minutes To Midnight' With Eddie Izzard, Judi Dench, Carla Juri, Jim Broadbent". Deadline . Retrieved 5 May 2019. stars as this is entertaining, but it does verge on the farcical at times (which may well be a feature of the kind of writing this is focusing on, but I think it'll be lost on younger readers). The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Test Ban Treaty, limiting atmospheric nuclear testing. Brew, Simon (19 May 2020). "Eddie Izzard-headlined war drama release delayed". Film Stories . Retrieved 8 July 2020.

Feld, Bernard T. (January 1981). "The hands move closer to midnight". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 37 (1): 1. Bibcode: 1981BuAtS..37a...1F. doi: 10.1080/00963402.1981.11458799. ISSN 0096-3402. I like the clever title: "Six Minutes to Midnight". I assumed it was intended solely to reflect the imminence of war. But it actually has another meaning entirely. The United States and the Soviet Union sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, the RDS-1, officially starting the nuclear arms race.Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the Augusta-Victoria College is a finishing school for daughters of the Nazi elite, located in the English coastal town of Bexhill-on-Sea. The school is under surveillance by the British secret service and the English teacher Wheatley is a government agent. Realising his cover has been blown, he flees to town, but disappears before he can report to his handler, Colonel Smith. Another agent, Captain Thomas Miller, who is half-German and speaks the language fluently, is sent to replace him. When the girls head to the beach for a swim, they find Wheatley's body washed into the shallows. The journalist frowned, his eyes narrowing as he opened his mouth to speak again, but before the words could escape his lips, a shrill cry echoed across the theatre. Step into the past to discover a thrilling mystery about a sinister plot to shape and control the future, in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. The poky room was dominated by a large mirror surrounded by lights. This sat on a solitary table overflowing with vases of flowers, empty glasses and crumpled sheets of paper. Around the room, more brightly-coloured costumes hung from rails amid the decapitated bodies of mannequins, ghostly relics of the actors who had gone before.

It's great that the school is all based on historical fact. Miss Rochol did indeed run the school, as a part of a plan to infiltrate British high-society with pro-Nazi sympathies ahead of an invasion. In real-life, one of the pupils was the god-daughter of Heinrich Himmler and one - Bettina von Ribbentrop - was the daughter of the German foreign minister. The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War intensifies, the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 takes place, and the Six-Day War occurs in 1967. France and China, two nations which have not signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty, acquire and test nuclear weapons (the 1960 Gerboise Bleue and the 1964 596, respectively) to assert themselves as global players in the nuclear arms race. Sanger, David E. (February 21, 2023). "Putin's Move on Nuclear Treaty May Signal End to Formal Arms Control". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved February 22, 2023. Ladies and gentlemen,” the theatre manager struggled to make his voice heard above the sudden din, “one at a time, please.”

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The title and cover of this book caught my eye while cruising through the library today. While I normally don't read children's books, this one certainly caught my eye and I'm glad that I read it. Izzard becomes a 'man on the run', and doesn't seem credible at that. (I appreciate the irony of this statement given that this is the man who ran 32 marathons in 31 days for charity!) But Izzard is built for distance and not for speed, and some of the police chase scenes in the movie strain credibility to breaking point. Another actor might have been able to pull this off better. May I once again extend the heartfelt thanks of the Lyceum Theatre to the illustrious Montgomery Flinch for finally breaking his silence and sharing this exclusive performance of Kay, Jeremy (22 February 2020). "IFC Films snaps up US rights to 'Six Minutes To Midnight' with Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard (exclusive)". Screen International . Retrieved 24 February 2020. We also have a review of The Longest Night of Charlie Noon and Shadows of the Silver Screen both by Christopher Edge.