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Harry felt panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spain both excited and appalled him...a world of denunciations and midnight arrests. And Sandy Forsyth in the middle of it all? He looked at the photo again. 'I'm not sure,' he said slowly. 'I mean, I'm not sure I could carry it off.'1940: the Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. And as Britain stands alone, General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war.Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: ex-public schoolboy, traumatised veteran of Dunkirk and now reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old schoolfriend turned shady Madrid businessman, he finds himself involved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories.Meanwhile Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged on a secret mission of her own - to find her former lover Bernie Piper, whose passion for the Communist cause led him into the International Brigades, and who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama.A vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding and examines the profound impact of impossible choices.
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Winter in Madrid, Christopher John Sansom
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- 2006
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- Titul
- Winter in Madrid
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Christopher John Sansom
- Vydavatel
- Macmillan
- Rok vydání
- 2006
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 535
- ISBN10
- 1405089083
- ISBN13
- 9781405089081
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Historické téma, Historické romány, Detektivky, Thrillery, Války, Druhá světová válka, 20. století, Špionáž, Španělsko
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- Harry felt panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spain both excited and appalled him...a world of denunciations and midnight arrests. And Sandy Forsyth in the middle of it all? He looked at the photo again. 'I'm not sure,' he said slowly. 'I mean, I'm not sure I could carry it off.'1940: the Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. And as Britain stands alone, General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war.Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: ex-public schoolboy, traumatised veteran of Dunkirk and now reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old schoolfriend turned shady Madrid businessman, he finds himself involved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories.Meanwhile Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged on a secret mission of her own - to find her former lover Bernie Piper, whose passion for the Communist cause led him into the International Brigades, and who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama.A vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding and examines the profound impact of impossible choices.