Winter in Madrid
16 May 2019Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
From the bestselling author of the Shardlake series, C. J. Sansom, comes Winter in Madrid, a standalone historical novel set in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
1940: The Spanish Civil War is over, and Madrid lies ruined, its people starving, while the Germans continue their relentless march through Europe. Britain now stands alone while General Franco considers whether to...
Details
16 May 20191223 minutes
Daniel Weyman
9781529024166Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Sansom adroitly draws the disparate strands of his ambitious saga together. His non-pareil evocations of time and place anchor his characters with satisfying precisionIndependent
An unsentimental and utterly fascinating portrait of Spain in 1940 . . . Sansom wears his research lightly and gets right under the skin of his characters. The result is a tense, literate page-turner, full of twists, authentic detail and real pathos, a superb achievementGuardian
A convincing and moving historical novel, which is also an exciting thriller . . . Sansom has a good eye for detail that brings the time aliveSunday Times
Thoroughly researched, convincingly evocative and solidly entertainingDaily Telegraph
