WINTER IN MADRID

1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its peoplestarving, while the Germans continue their relentless march throughEurope. Britain now stands alone while General Franco considers whether toabandon neutrality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes HarryBrett: a traumatised veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for theBritish Secret Service. Sent to gain the confidence of old schoolfriendSandy Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, Harry finds himselfinvolved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories. MeanwhileSandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged on asecret mission of her own - to find her former lover Bernie Piper, apassionate Communist in the International Brigades, who vanished on thebloody battlefields of the Jarama. In a vivid and haunting depiction ofwartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and compelling tale whichoffers a remarkable sense of history unfolding, and the profound impact ofimpossible choices. 'Sansom adroitly draws the disparate strands of hisambitious saga together. His non-pareil evocations of time and placeanchor his characters with satisfying precision' - Independent .