![]() ![]() One thing I noticed straight away is that Tom Williams neatly avoids all temptations to explain his material, but cleverly reveals it through the characters and their actions. The action is set in and around Lisbon, with the shifting relationships between the British, French and Portuguese well-delineated. James Burke and his sergeant are already experienced undercover operatives so it is no surprise that they are given a new mission in Portugal. I haven’t read anything about the nineteenth century Napoleonic wars between Britain and France and their allies since my youthful addiction to Ronald Welch, but I am glad I picked up this book, with its likeable hero and realistic depiction of undercover operations. ![]() This is the seventh in the Burke series and you know at once that you are in the hands of an experienced storyteller who loves his history. ![]()
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