Overview
UN VIAJE TREPIDANTE AL NACIMIENTO DE LOS SERVICIOS SECRETOS BRITÁNICOS.
Una historia de lealtad y traición. Un espía atrapado entre el deber y el pasado.
Londres, 1809. Napoleón afianza inexorable su dominio sobre Europa mientras los servicios secretos británicos se afanan por contener el desánimo y la desconfianza que reina en sus filas. Gabriel Spencer, espía de madre española y padre inglés, sigue el rastro de la filtración que ha frustrado el último intento de Inglaterra de erosionar la inteligencia francesa, y que ha estado a punto de acabar con su propia vida. A medida que avanza en la investigación, Spencer tendrá que rescatar sus recuerdos de juventud para tratar de descubrir la verdad, enfrentándose a dilemas que le harán replantearse el sentido de la lealtad, del honor y del deber.
Con una ambientación minuciosa y un ritmo vertiginoso, Sergio Mayo irrumpe con esta novela como una de las voces más prometedoras de la ficción histórica española.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A THRILLING JOURNEY TO THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICES. A story of loyalty and betrayal. A spy caught between duty and the past.
London, 1809. Napoleon inexorably consolidates his rule over Europe while the British secret service struggles to contain the discouragement and mistrust reigning within its ranks. Gabriel Spencer, a spy with a Spanish mother and an English father, tracks down the leak that has thwarted England’s latest attempt to undermine French intelligence—and that has nearly cost him his own life. As he progresses in his investigation, Spencer will have to draw on his memories of youth to try to uncover the truth, facing dilemmas that will force him to rethink the meaning of loyalty, honor, and duty.
With meticulous attention to detail and a breakneck pace, Sergio Mayo bursts onto the scene with this novel as one of the most promising voices in Spanish historical fiction.
Una historia de lealtad y traición. Un espía atrapado entre el deber y el pasado.
Londres, 1809. Napoleón afianza inexorable su dominio sobre Europa mientras los servicios secretos británicos se afanan por contener el desánimo y la desconfianza que reina en sus filas. Gabriel Spencer, espía de madre española y padre inglés, sigue el rastro de la filtración que ha frustrado el último intento de Inglaterra de erosionar la inteligencia francesa, y que ha estado a punto de acabar con su propia vida. A medida que avanza en la investigación, Spencer tendrá que rescatar sus recuerdos de juventud para tratar de descubrir la verdad, enfrentándose a dilemas que le harán replantearse el sentido de la lealtad, del honor y del deber.
Con una ambientación minuciosa y un ritmo vertiginoso, Sergio Mayo irrumpe con esta novela como una de las voces más prometedoras de la ficción histórica española.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A THRILLING JOURNEY TO THE BIRTH OF THE BRITISH SECRET SERVICES. A story of loyalty and betrayal. A spy caught between duty and the past.
London, 1809. Napoleon inexorably consolidates his rule over Europe while the British secret service struggles to contain the discouragement and mistrust reigning within its ranks. Gabriel Spencer, a spy with a Spanish mother and an English father, tracks down the leak that has thwarted England’s latest attempt to undermine French intelligence—and that has nearly cost him his own life. As he progresses in his investigation, Spencer will have to draw on his memories of youth to try to uncover the truth, facing dilemmas that will force him to rethink the meaning of loyalty, honor, and duty.
With meticulous attention to detail and a breakneck pace, Sergio Mayo bursts onto the scene with this novel as one of the most promising voices in Spanish historical fiction.
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