Treason's spring : from the archives of the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey / arranged by Robert Wilton.
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TextSeries: Wilton, Robert. Archives of the Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey ; Publisher: London : Corvus, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 404 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1782391959; 9781782391951Subject(s): Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- Fiction | Spies -- Fiction | Secrecy -- Fiction | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- History -- 1789-1799 -- FictionGenre/Form: Thrillers (Fiction). | Historical fiction. | Spy fiction. | Thrillers (Fiction) | Historical fiction | Spy fiction | Thrillers (Fiction). | Suspense fiction Additional physical formats: ebook version: No titleDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: HISTORICAL ADVENTURE. 1792: the blood begins to drip from the guillotine. The French Revolution is entering its most violent phase, and threatens all Europe with chaos. In the age of the mob, no individual is safe. The spies of England, France and Prussia are fighting their own war for survival and supremacy. Somewhere in Paris is a hidden trove of secrets that will reveal the treacheries of a whole continent. At the height of the madness a stranger arrives in Paris, to meet a man who has disappeared. Unknown and untrusted, he finds himself the centre of all conspiracy. When the world is changing forever, what must one man become to survive? Treason's Spring is a thrilling and meticulous panorama of Paris in the Revolution, the first of a trilogy of books whose revelations transform our understanding of an era.
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HISTORICAL ADVENTURE. 1792: the blood begins to drip from the guillotine. The French Revolution is entering its most violent phase, and threatens all Europe with chaos. In the age of the mob, no individual is safe. The spies of England, France and Prussia are fighting their own war for survival and supremacy. Somewhere in Paris is a hidden trove of secrets that will reveal the treacheries of a whole continent. At the height of the madness a stranger arrives in Paris, to meet a man who has disappeared. Unknown and untrusted, he finds himself the centre of all conspiracy. When the world is changing forever, what must one man become to survive? Treason's Spring is a thrilling and meticulous panorama of Paris in the Revolution, the first of a trilogy of books whose revelations transform our understanding of an era.
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