Book Club
Rector's Readers
The next book up for discussion:
Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell
Thurs, March 26th at 2:00 pm
In public life, Dr. Winthrop Bell of Halifax was a Harvard philosophy professor and wealthy businessman. As a MI6 spy—known as secret agent A12—in Berlin in 1919, he evaded gunfire and shook off pursuers to break open the emerging Nazi conspiracy. His reports, the first warning of the Nazi plot for World War II, went directly to the man known as C, the mysterious founder of MI6, as well as to various prime ministers. But a powerful fascist politician quietly worked to suppress his alerts. Nevertheless, Dr. Bell's intelligence sabotaged the Nazis, in ways only now revealed in Cracking the Nazi Code.
As World War II approached, Bell became a spy once again. In 1939, he was the first to crack Hitler’s deadliest secret code: Germany’s plan for the Holocaust. At that time, the führer was a popular politician who said he wanted peace. Could anyone believe Bell’s shocking warning?
Fighting an epic intelligence war from Eastern Europe and Russia to France, Canada, and finally Washington, DC, agent A12 was a real-life 007, waging a single-handed struggle against madmen bent on destroying the Western world. Without Bell’s astounding courage, the Nazis just might have won the war. -- From the book's website
Saint Augustine once wrote, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” This group is a space to assemble and share a love of literature. It’s a time in our busy lives to converse over coffee and tea about our favorite authors and books, what we like about literature, and what we don’t like! We gather in the Minister’s Office (in the upper level of the parish hall, 61 Dundas Street) on selected days at 2:00 pm.
If you wish to join our group please contact the parish office at 902.466.4270 or christchurch@christchurchdartmouth.com
Book List for 2025-2026
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
October 23 at 2pm
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
November 27 at 2pm
The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella by Nita Prose
December 18 at 2pm
January: Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston
January 22 at 2pm
February: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
February 26 at 2pm
March: Cracking the Nazi Code: The Untold Story of Canada's Greatest Spy by Jason Bell
March 26 at 2pm
April: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
April 23 at 2pm
May: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
May 28 at 2pm
June: In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
June 25 at 2pm
