Corpus1936. Europe is in turmoil. The Nazis have marched into the Rhineland. In Russia, Stalin has unleashed his Great Terror. Spain has erupted in civil war. In Berlin, a young Englishwoman evades the Gestapo to deliver vital papers to a Jewish scientist. Within weeks, she is found dead, a silver syringe clutched in her fingers. In an exclusive London club, a conspiracy is launched that threatens the very heart of government. When a renowned society couple

Mixing personal journey and anecdote with compelling empirical evidence

MacLean and now Philby

he teaches him how to navigate both love and IKEA and tries to explain why

The balance of power in the West will change

stricken by grief

Unlike in the aftermath of Dunkirk there was here simply no redeeming narrative available - Britain had been totally defeated by a far smaller Japanese force in her grandly proclaimed invincible Asian 'fortress'

He has no idea who he is or how he got there

And can he and his friends overcome aeons of lies when their plans inevitably fall to pieces

she considers

Lord Glenconner

sibling volume

Deborah Levy returns to the subject of her life in letters