Topaz Author:Leon Uris Topaz is a skillful blend of fact and fiction. Unlke any other novel of its kind, however, Topaz goes beyond the re-creation of well-known histroical events. Topaz unlocks some of the most explosive secrets of the 20th century! One might say that Topaz is a novel that "happened". It began when Leon Uris set out to research s story on escaped Naz... more »i war criminals, and - while interviewing former members of various diplomatic and intelligence services - stumbled onto the secrets that formed the skeleton of Topaz. The war criminals stroy was immediately shelved, as Uris plunged into the research and writing of his most sensational novel. A spellbinder of espionage and high intrigue spanning decades and continents, Topaz is, above all, a story of people - desperate, powerful people - women torn by love and fear, men whose decisions seal the fate of nations.« less