This is the second book featuring the Cambridge professor of Elizabethan espionage, Tom Wilde.
Nucleus is about the race to harness nuclear energy and make an atom bomb shortly before the start of the second world war. The action takes place mostly around Cambridge - the colleges and the Cavendish Laboratory but also in Berlin, the USA and Ireland.
Tom Wilde is American born but has made his home in Cambridge. He is an endearing Indiana Jones type character who becomes embroiled in the espionage around the nuclear race and risks his life for Britain and his girlfriend, Lydia
Nucleus is so much better than the first book featuring Tom Wilde, Corpus, which was too confusing and contrived for me to follow the storyline.
Highly recommended for fans of Robert Harris and Robert Goddard.
Nucleus is about the race to harness nuclear energy and make an atom bomb shortly before the start of the second world war. The action takes place mostly around Cambridge - the colleges and the Cavendish Laboratory but also in Berlin, the USA and Ireland.
Tom Wilde is American born but has made his home in Cambridge. He is an endearing Indiana Jones type character who becomes embroiled in the espionage around the nuclear race and risks his life for Britain and his girlfriend, Lydia
Nucleus is so much better than the first book featuring Tom Wilde, Corpus, which was too confusing and contrived for me to follow the storyline.
Highly recommended for fans of Robert Harris and Robert Goddard.