An exceptional second instalment in this wonderfully set series..
War looming, the world gone mad, and the wonderful interwoven world of academia and secret intelligence (amongst a lot more besides).
Rory Clements is a master writer who crafts his stories so perfectly you can actually feel and breathe in his locations, characters, and storyline.
This second book picks up perfectly where ‘Corpus’ left off. 1936 has gone, and it’s now the Summer of 1939. Nefarious deeds are being committed in Nazi Germany. People are being persecuted and fleeing the country in droves.
Meanwhile, in beautiful and sunny Cambridge, there are sinister people with plans to assist the National Socialist government and its Dictatorship. The Professor of History, with a speciality in ‘Walsingham’, the Spymaster in chief for Elizabeth I, is continuing his passion for real life intelligence work of his own.
With landed gentry, super rich Americans, and a Hollywood Superstar, in a narrative parallel with the brightest scientists of the time in nuclear fission; we have a wonderful story of dastardly, heroism and very real world instability.
Prof. Tom Wilde and his lady friend Lydia, are plunged into a thoroughly fast paced and cultivated story. The authors use of actual events and real people, tweaked with fictional nomenclature is outstanding. Thoroughly recommended.
Rory Clements is a master writer who crafts his stories so perfectly you can actually feel and breathe in his locations, characters, and storyline.
This second book picks up perfectly where ‘Corpus’ left off. 1936 has gone, and it’s now the Summer of 1939. Nefarious deeds are being committed in Nazi Germany. People are being persecuted and fleeing the country in droves.
Meanwhile, in beautiful and sunny Cambridge, there are sinister people with plans to assist the National Socialist government and its Dictatorship. The Professor of History, with a speciality in ‘Walsingham’, the Spymaster in chief for Elizabeth I, is continuing his passion for real life intelligence work of his own.
With landed gentry, super rich Americans, and a Hollywood Superstar, in a narrative parallel with the brightest scientists of the time in nuclear fission; we have a wonderful story of dastardly, heroism and very real world instability.
Prof. Tom Wilde and his lady friend Lydia, are plunged into a thoroughly fast paced and cultivated story. The authors use of actual events and real people, tweaked with fictional nomenclature is outstanding. Thoroughly recommended.