
"Winter in Madrid" by the author C. J. Sansom is a readable novel which takes part in Madrid around 1940. It's not long after the Spanish Civil war ended. Madrid lies ruined, people are starving. Dark clouds with treats of a new war covers Europe. Germany and Hitler continues its relentless march through other nations, and General Franco considers whether abandon neutrality and enter the war....
In this book we meet Harry Brett, a traumatized ex-soldier damaged in Dunkirk. He is recovering and now the British Secret Service wants to send him as a spy to Madrid. His mission will be to spy on an old schoolfriend, Sandy Forsyth.
For Harry going to Madrid awakes both pleasant and awkward memories - he visited Madrid during the Spanish Civil War! There he lost his best friend, the communist Bernie Piper. But what really happend to Bernie? And what has become of Bernies girlfriend Barbara? Harry hopes returning to Madrid will give him the answers.....
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Biblioteket har også den norske utgaven av boken, "Vinter i Madrid".






