It was the 1930s and the threat of war was looming over Europe. Fascism and communism threaten to shake the foundations of England, which is unaware that it has an enemy within its borders: Moscow has set its sights on a group of educated, idealistic and successful young people who do not arouse suspicion. idealistic and successful young people who do not arouse suspicion. Forty years later, Victor Maskell sees a statement in the House of Commons reveal his status as a double agent. But who has sacrificed him, and in exchange for what? Can a celebrated art historian, expert on Poussin, husband and father, agent to the Queen, be both a homosexual lover and a spy for Stalin? And of all these betrayals, which is the one that weighs most heavily?
ISBN: 9788420419275