Black Drop

* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ** SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH ** LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN *''One of the best debuts of the year'' - THE TIMES''As nimbly realised as by ...

* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ** SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE MONTH ** LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN *''One of the best debuts of the year'' - THE TIMES''As nimbly realised as by the genre''s master, Andrew Taylor'' - FINANCIAL TIMES''Black Drop is a joy from start to finish'' - ANDREW TAYLORThis is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Spy. July 1794, and London is filled with rumours of revolution. The war against the French is not going in Britain''s favour, and negotiations with America are on a knife edge. Laurence Jago, Foreign Office clerk, is ever more rel