1800s
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British naval officer
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French invasion
Italy
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Messina
Napoleonic Wars
nineteenth century
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Sicily
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spies
Straits of Messina
the Straits
treachery
war
Product details
- ISBN 9780749025434
- Dimensions: 134 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 23 Apr 2020
- Publisher: Allison & Busby
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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September 1810. Raids across the Straits of Messina to disrupt preparations for the French invasion of the island have been repulsed with heavy casualties. George Warne, a bright young British officer, suspects treachery back in Messina, and is ordered to investigate. Warne uncovers a shadowy underworld of spies, traitors and informers where nothing is quite as it seems and where danger lurks around every corner.
If the long-threatened French invasion erupts will Sicily's defenders be prepared?
Winner of the SAHR Prize for Military Fiction.
Richard Hopton is an author, historian and journalist. He has published three works of non-fiction, and The Straits of Treachery will be his first historical novel. Richard graduated from the University of Oxford with an M.A. in Modern History. His interests include architecture, the British countryside, art, politics, cricket, racing and springer spaniels. He lives in Dorset with his wife and two children.
