Winter in Madrid

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Harry felt panic beginning to stir. The thought of going back to Spain 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. 'I'm not sure' he said slowly. 'I mean I'm not sure I could carry it It is 1940. The Spanish Civil War is over and Madrid lies ruined its people starving while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. And as Britain stands alone General Franco considers whether to abandon neutrality and enter the war. Into this uncertain world comes Harry Brett ex-public schoolboy traumatised veteran of Dunkirk and now reluctant spy for the British Secret Service. 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's girlfriend ex-Red Cross nurse Barbara Clare is engaged on a secret mission of her own - to find her former lover Bernie Piper whose 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.