As the Second World War nears its end, the great economist John Maynard Keynes is at the peak of his career, despite failing health, and is seeking to establish a new international financial and currency regime for the post-war future.
Graham Donnelly Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Questo autore esplora temi storici, in particolare la storia moderna, sfruttando il suo background per costruire ambientazioni romanzesche dettagliate e accurate. Il suo approccio alla scrittura si è evoluto da una carriera accademica, consentendogli un'esplorazione precisa del passato. Possiede un forte interesse per la letteratura, il teatro e l'arte, che informa la sua prosa raffinata. Il suo lavoro attuale si concentra sulla creazione di narrazioni ricche di contesto storico.
April, 1944. A man is waiting to assassinate a prominent figure. He is not motivated by revenge or profit but by his belief that this one act of violence will save many lives and secure a greater peace for the whole of Europe.
The year is 1962. Anthony Fernard is a civil servant with a minor but responsible position in the Home Office. He has a steady job and a reasonably happy home life. His run of the mill routine is enlivened by a mild entanglement with a young woman and a tendency to do things his own way at work, whatever the official line...