5/18/2023 0 Comments Dominion by C.J. Sansom![]() ![]() Sansom wears his research lightly and gets right under the skin of his characters. Independent An unsentimental and utterly fascinating portrait of Spain in 1940. His non-pareil evocations of time and place anchor his characters with satisfying precision Sansom adroitly draws the disparate strands of his ambitious saga together. ![]() Sansom is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding, and the profound impact of impossible choices. In a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid by C. ![]() Meanwhile Sandy's girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged in a secret mission of her own – to find her former lover Bernie Piper, a passionate Communist in the International Brigades, who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama. Sent to gain the confidence of old school friend Sandy Forsyth, now a shady Madrid businessman, Harry finds himself involved in a dangerous game – and surrounded by memories. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: a traumatized veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. Britain now stands alone while General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war. ![]() Sansom.ġ940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. A special 10th anniversary edition of the standalone bestseller, Winter in Madrid, by the author of the much-loved Shardlake series, C. ![]()
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