Barry Pettman
ASIN: B00K1NVC5I
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 216
In March 1803 a Navy ship arrives at Portsmouth from the Mediterranean, and her Captain, John Wright, is ordered immediately up to the Admiralty for further orders.In a dirty and crowded Georgian London he meets with wealthy fashionable Society and the violence and poverty that surround it.As both a naval officer and experienced spy he is sent undercover to Paris to organise espionage groups to uncover Bonaparte's plans for the invasion of England.With help from many allies, male and female, he meets his contacts at brilliant social occasions and at dark secret places around Paris. He evades police agents for over two months until making a dramatic escape out of France just as war is declared.This story is based on real historical characters and events. The story is continued in 'A Most Secret Game'.