![]() It’s not a thriller but it is a mystery, very complex. The narrative is liberally dotted with familiar names from Edwardian parliamentary politics, and I did have to pay attention to keep up with political issues that I had only a passing familiarity with. Suffice it to say that there are few truly good people involved, and they are put upon badly by the self-serving villains whose bad deeds flow into and escalate over six decades, erupting when a young history researcher is given a commission to look into a memoir found in an old villa. ![]() As with my prior outing with Goddard, I must work at not giving away any of the plot as spoilers would be difficult to avoid. ![]() That is a vast understatement in this tangled web of deceit, double-dealing and revenge. At one point of this story, the protagonist is advised “nothing is as it seems”. ![]()
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