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Book SynopsisBarcelona, 1912. A city still recovering from the dramatic incidents of the so-called ''Tragic Week'' when Catalonian conscripts bound for the unpopular war in Spanish Morocco had rebelled at the city''s dockside against the royalist forces. In the fighting, many were killed, and afterwards, even more put in prison. Including an Englishman, who was later found dead in his cell.
The dead man had been a prominent businessman in Gibraltar, so what had he been doing in Barcelona? What part did he play in the illicit three-way trade between Gibraltar, Spanish Morocco and Barcelona? And just how did he really meet his end - murdered, in a prison cell?
The case, in Gibraltar''s view, crys out for investigation - and by someone independent of the Spanish authorities. So Scotland Yard are summoned to send out one of their men - but who? Seymour ticks all the right boxes - he has experience of the tangled diplomatic world of that part of the Mediterranean. He speaks foreign lang
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Praise for Michael Pearce's previous books: 'Effortlessly funny and engaging. Packed, as ever, with fact, flavour and the kind of insouciance which makes history lighter than air'. Literary Review
Continues to refresh the parts others seldom reach. - Observer
Light touch and witty dialogue . . . a continuing delight. - Sunday Telegraph
Sheer fun. - The Times
