A Very English Agent

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Dwarfish Charlie Boylan carries a loaded pistol into the House of Commons. A can of worms waiting to be opened, he was a police spy for nearly forty years. He wants a pension, and what he knows will get it.Did he, between Waterloo and Wellington's funeral, cause the Peterloo riot to happen Was it Charlie who fingered the Cato Street Conspirators Did Shelley really drown by accident And at the opening of the Great Exhibition was it he who saved the Queen from being blown up With dark undertones in its revelations of the orchestrated state repression that followed the Napoleonic Wars, A Very English Agent drives a horse, well, a donkey and cart, through the early years of the nineteenth century in a rumbustious, funny, sexy, teeming novel, worthy of the times it describes.

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Dwarfish Charlie Boylan carries a loaded pistol into the House of Commons. A can of worms waiting to be opened, Charlie is a police spy. He wants a pension, and what he knows will get him one. Was it Charlie who fingered the Cato Street Conspirators Did Shelley really drown by accident And at the opening of the Great Exhibition was it he who saved the Queen from being blown up A Very English Agent drives a horse and cart right through the early years of the 19th century in a funny, sexy, teeming novel worthy of the times it describes. Julian Rathbone, always one of the most versatile of novelists, again demonstrates his range with real aplomb.

Author Bio

Julian Rathbone was the author of many highly-acclaimed novels. Two of which (KING FISHER LIVES and JOSEPH) were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He died in February 2008.