by Julian Rathbone · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349115085
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«A Very English Agent» is the historical novel by Julian Rathbone, published by Abacus in paperback (437 pages, in English).
Charlie Boylan, a former police spy of short stature, bursts into the House of Commons with a pistol to claim a pension. His memories reveal state repression after the Napoleonic Wars and his possible involvement in the Peterloo Massacre, in informing on the Cato Street conspirators, and in Shelley's death.
The novel was originally published in London by Little, Brown in 2002; this Abacus edition is from 2003.
A read for fans of historical fiction and political conspiracies in early nineteenth-century England.
Julian Christopher Rathbone was an English novelist.
