Winter in Madrid

US: Macmilan, 2006. Paperback. Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Harry felt . . . panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spai n both excited and appalled him . . . a world of denunciations and midnight arrests. And Sandy Forsyth in the middle of it all? He looked at the photo again. ?eI?fm not sure,?f he said slowly. ?eI mean, I?fm not sure I could carry it off.?f 1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its people sta rving, while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. An d as Britain stands alone, General Franco considers whether to abandon neut rality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett: ex-public schoolboy, traumatis ed veteran of Dunkirk and, now, reluctant spy for the British Secret Servic e. Sent to gain the confidence of Sandy Forsyth, an old schoolfriend turned shady Madrid businessman, he finds himself involved in a dangerous game - and surrounded by memories. Meanwhile Sandy?fs girlfriend, ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare, is engaged on a secret mission of her own - to find her former lover Bernie Piper, wh ose passion for the Communist cause led him into the International Brigades , and who vanished on the bloody battlefields of the Jarama. In a vivid and haunting depiction of wartime Spain, Winter in Madrid is an intimate and compelling tale which offers a remarkable sense of history unfolding, and the profound impact of impossible choices.