Winter in Madrid - Hardcover

Sansom, C. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405005467 ISBN 13: 9781405005463

Publisher: Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

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.

In 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 the profound impact of impossible choices.

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Review:

'Few authors have the ability, or capacity for research, which allows them to capture...a period in history... as CJ Sansom' -- Tony Galvin , Dublin Evening Herald

'Highly recommended.' -- Tony Galvin , Dublin Evening Herald

'Not since Robert Harris...have I come across a writer who captures the mood of an era so succinctly and graphically. -- Tony Galvin , Dublin Evening Herald

'The history is always good and vividly recounted, the characters solid and believable.' -- Jenny Needham, Northern Echo

'[an]enviable ability to land his readers in an alien world, yet make them feel entirely at home. -- Nigel Jones, Literary Review

'atmospheric and impeccably researched' -- John Dugdale, Sunday Times Culture

'his bleak winter thriller chills to the bone' -- Nigel Jones, Literary Review

'in Sansom's capable hands, story, characters and that indefinable spirit of place meld and twist into a narrative that grips' -- Nigel Jones, Literary Review

Book Description:

Part thriller, part love story, this is a remarkable tale set amid the aftermath of Spain's bloody Civil War

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405005467
• ISBN 13: 9781405005463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 544