by C.J. Sansom · B de Bolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490704844
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In the Madrid of 1940, in the midst of the post-war period and with Europe under Nazi rule, the city has become a hotbed of spies. Harry Brett, a former English soldier who fought in the Spanish Civil War, works for the British Secret Service and must gain the trust of his former comrade Sandy Forsyth to uncover his shady dealings. At the same time, Barbara Clare, Sandy's girlfriend and former Red Cross nurse, is looking for her former lover, Bernie Piper, a communist volunteer who disappeared after the Battle of Jarama. A novel of spies and love in times of war, where choosing the right path is a difficult task.
Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternative history novel Dominion. He won numerous book awards, including the 2005 Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2013 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2022. Shardlake, a television series based on Sansom's novel Dissolution, started streaming on Disney+ less than a week after his death.
