Winter in Madrid

Name: Winter in Madrid
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«An unsentimental and utterly fascinating portrait of Spain in 1940 . . . Sansom wears his research lightly and gets right under the skin of his characters. The result is a tense, literate page-turner, full of twists, authentic detail and real pathos, a superb achievement»
Guardian

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A special 10th anniversary edition of the standalone bestseller, Winter in Madrid, by the author of the much-loved Shardlake series, C. J. Sansom. 1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. Britain now stands alone while General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: a traumatized veteran of Dunkirk turned reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. 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. 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. In a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid by C. J. Sansom is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding, and the profound impact of impossible choices.

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Forlag: Pan Books
Innbinding: Paperback
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 672
ISBN: 9781509822126
Utgivelsesår: 2016
Format: 20 x 13 cm

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«An unsentimental and utterly fascinating portrait of Spain in 1940 . . . Sansom wears his research lightly and gets right under the skin of his characters. The result is a tense, literate page-turner, full of twists, authentic detail and real pathos, a superb achievement»
Guardian

«A convincing and moving historical novel, which is also an exciting thriller . . . Sansom has a good eye for detail that brings the time alive»
Sunday Times

«Sansom adroitly draws the disparate strands of his ambitious saga together. His non-pareil evocations of time and place anchor his characters with satisfying precision»
Independent

«Thoroughly researched, convincingly evocative and solidly entertaining»
Daily Telegraph

«Sansom triumphs as he unravels the tissues of lies and deceptions . . . a gripping, readable story»
Spectator

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mls – 26.04.2007

– På bokomslaget til denne romanen står det at hvis du likte "Vindens skygge" av Carlos Ruiz Zafon vil du elske denne boka. Jeg vil heller si at hvis du likte "Vindens skygge" vil du kjede deg og ergre deg over "Winter in Madrid" og bli irritert over at disse to i det hele tatt blir sammenlignet. Rammen for historien er den spanske borgerkrigen og den første tiden med Franco som statsleder, det er interssant nok. Men personene er stereotype, uengasjerende og forutsigbare, mens historien etterhvert blir kjedelig og uinteressant. Forfatteren får meg ikke til å bry meg rett og slett. Nei, les heller "Vindens skygge" - eventuelt om igjen!