Witchfinder
A brilliant novel of espionage from one of Britain's most accomplished thriller writers
$40.86
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2020
Summary
‘Rich, densely plotted… If le Carre needs a successor, Williams has all the equipment for the role.’ Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year
‘The most authentic spy novel ever written […] an utterly fascinating account of a very dangerous time in British history when elements of the Secret State were out of control’ Edward Wilson
‘Gripped me, not just because of its crisp writing but because of its skilful blending of hist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781473631786 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1473631785 |
| Author: | Andrew Williams |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
Williams is an accomplished thriller writer and this may be his best book yet. London in the 1960s, its smoky pubs, damp streets and crackle of sexual liberation is so well portrayed that reading Witchfinder is almost like time travel. - Financial Times
Seamlessly combining real-life characters with fictional, Andrew Williams has fashioned an absolutely cracking espionage novel - Irish IndependentIf a good spy novel needs anything, it’s uncertainty, a hall of mirrors; and Witchfinder delivers it in spades. Great stuff.[…] the most authentic spy novel ever written […] an utterly fascinating account of a very dangerous time in British history when elements of the Secret State were out of control.Every bit as cynical in tone as Mick Herron’s Slough House mob… a painstakingly recreated account of the cold war’s darkest days - Irish TimesPraise for The Suicide Club - -Andrew Williams has established himself as a master of the intelligent political/historical thriller. The Suicide Club, set partly at Field Marshal Haig’s headquarters in 1917 and partly in German occupied Beligum, is his best novel yet: gripping and disturbing - The Scotsman Books of the YearMeticulously researched and classily written … offers a distinctive perspective - The Sunday TimesAbout The Author
Andrew Williams
Andrew Williams worked as a senior producer for the BBC’s flagship Panorama and Newsnight programmes, and as a writer and director of history documentaries. He is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books, The Battle of the Atlantic and D-day to Berlin, and four acclaimed novels, The Interrogator (shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award and the Ellis Peters Award), To Kill a Tsar (shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award and the Walter Scott Prize), The Poison Tide and The Suicide Club.
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