UN VIAJE TREPIDANTE AL NACIMIENTO DE LOS SERVICIOS SECRETOS BRIT篾ICOS. Una historia de lealtad y traici鏮. Un esp燰 atrapado entre el deber y el pasado.
Londres, 1809. Napole鏮 afianza inexorable su dominio sobre Europa mientras los servicios secretos brit嫕icos se afanan por contener el des嫕imo y la desconfianza que reina en sus filas. Gabriel Spencer, esp燰 de madre espa隳la y padre ingl廥, sigue el rastro de la filtraci鏮 que ha frustrado el timo 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 investigaci鏮, Spencer tendr?que rescatar sus recuerdos de juventud para tratar de descubrir la verdad, enfrent嫕dose a dilemas que le har嫕 replantearse el sentido de la lealtad, del honor y del deber.
Con una ambientaci鏮 minuciosa y un ritmo vertiginoso, Sergio Mayo irrumpe con esta novela como una de las voces m嫳 prometedoras de la ficci鏮 hist鏎ica espa隳la. 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.
