Winter in Madrid 马德里冬天
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- 出版社 Pan Macmillan
- 出版时间 2006年10月
- ISBN 9780330411981
- 定价 112.00
内容简介
1940:TheSpanishCivilWarisover,andMadridliesruined,itspeoplestarving,whiletheGermanscontinuetheirrelentlessmarchthroughEurope.BritainnowstandsalonewhileGeneralFrancoconsiderswhethertoabandonneutralityandenterthewar.IntothisuncertainworldcomesHarryBrett:atraumatisedveteranofDunkirkturnedreluctantspyfortheBritishSecretService.SenttogaintheconfidenceofoldschoolfriendSandyForsyth,nowashadyMadridbusinessman,Harryfindshimselfinvolvedinadangerousgame-andsurroundedbymemories.MeanwhileSandy'sgirlfriend,ex-RedCrossnurseBarbaraClare,isengagedonasecretmissionofherown-tofindherformerloverBerniePiper,apassionateCommunistintheInternationalBrigades,whovanishedonthebloodybattlefieldsoftheJarama.InavividandhauntingdepictionofwartimeSpain,"WinterinMadrid"isanintimateandcompellingtalewhichoffersaremarkablesenseofhistoryunfolding,andtheprofoundimpactofimpossiblechoices.'Sansomadroitlydrawsthedisparatestrandsofhisambitioussagatogether.Hisnon-pareilevocationsoftimeandplaceanchorhischaracterswithsatisfyingprecision'-"Independent".
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