It is 1805, and England is in the midst of her war with France under Napoleon. Matthew Pryde, employed as engineer at a coal mine in Kent, is regarded as the perfect spy to send across the English Channel to investigate rumours that the French are digging a tunnel underneath the Channel.
Matthew travels to France, accompanied by the mysterious Mr Black - and the rather unexpected addition of the unconventional Kate Denton - to try to find the existence of a tunnel on the French side.
What then follows is a treacherous journey across Republican France, and a close encounter with the Revolution's most effective form of punishment, the guillotine...
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"As usual, Malcolm Archibald combines fiction, history and intensely realistic characters to create an excellent historical novel. " — Helen (5 out of 5 stars)
"As usual, Malcolm Archibald combines fiction, history and intensely realistic characters to create an excellent historical novel. "
" As usual, Malcolm Archibald combines fiction, history and intensely realistic characters to create an excellent historical novel. "
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