A Very English Agent
Author(s): Julian Rathbone
December 1852. Shortly after the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, Charlie Boylan attempts to enter the Palace of Westminster with a loaded pistol in his pocket. He is owed, so he says, a substantial sum by the government department he has worked for over many years - an adjunct of the Home Office that specialises in subterfuge and espionage. Imprisoned in Pentonville, Charlie writes his extraordinary memoirs to prove his claims. In A Very English Agent, Julian Rathbone combines his uncanny talent for wit and adventure with a compelling portrait of an England that history often neglects: the dark embers of the early nineteenth century when repression was bloody, commonplace and orchestrated from on high.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- : Sphere
- : 0.33
- : 01 January 2003
- : 2.9 Centimeters X 12.8 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Julian Rathbone
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 823/.914
- : very good
- : 437