by Jan Guillou · Tapa dura · ISBN 9788773946206
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«I Hendes Majestæts tjeneste» is the spy novel by Jan Guillou, published by Modtryk in hardback in 2000 (533 pages, in Danish).
A series of murders in England baffles Scotland Yard and takes on a political dimension involving MI5 and MI6. During a visit to the Hamilton family's Scottish stronghold, Carl Hamilton meets a senior British officer and helps with the investigation; an armed attack and a death in his family point to a larger conspiracy.
Ninth title in the Carl Hamilton series; the work was originally published in Swedish in 1994 as «I Hennes Majestäts tjänst», and this Danish edition is from 2000.
A read for fans of spy thrillers and political novels, and for followers of the Carl Hamilton series.
Jan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a French-Swedish author, journalist and convicted spy. Guillou has been accused by some commentators of being an agent of the KGB Guillou's fame in Sweden was established during his time as an investigative journalist, most notably in 1973 when he and co-reporter Peter Bratt exposed a secret, immoral and illegal intelligence organization in Sweden, Informationsbyrån (IB). He is still active within journalism as a column writer for the Swedish evening tabloid Aftonbladet. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson. He is the owner of one of the largest publishing companies in Sweden, Piratförlaget, together with his wife, publisher Ann-Marie Skarp, and Liza Marklund.
