A great CJ Samson

Having read the whole series of Matthew Shardlake, historical novels CJ Samson takes place during the reign of Henry VIII, I wondered if the author would be equally at home in the description of Madrid during the Second World War, and obviously yes.
It is first an atmosphere is created. Autumn and winter settle in a city that bears chains of Francoism, misery and restrictions due to the world war and the consequences of the civil war are still open and still bleeding.
It is also a wealth of information about Spain 19410 provided to us, allowing us to better understand why, despite his alliance with Hitler, it is not a war.

As Matthew Shardlake, a brilliant mind but a hunchback, the hero here is an anti-hero. Harry Brett is a man traumatized by his experience of the rout at Dunkirk, a man somewhat soft, which was left a little fat, an indecisive man, who, of course, wants to participate in the war effort of his country but does not really know what he thinks of fascism. Winter in Madrid will teach him and reveal himself. He will meet other compatriots, the highly sulfurous Sandy, one of his buddies "public school" that is charged with spying for the servcies of the secrets of his majesty, his wife Barbara again the mistress of another of his public school buddies, Bernie. The latter, the brightest, the most attractive, the most heroic of all enlisted in the International Brigades to fight Franco. When Barbara learns that, contrary to what she believed, he is still alive, she will construct with the help of Harry a very risky plan to free him, and our antihero will become a true hero, this time adventure and his love for Sophia, a young and poor but courageous Madrid he met in circumstances related to the country's political situation.

The pleasure of reading the novel intensifies As the evolution of the main character. Interesting at first, it quickly becomes exciting and leaves the reader's mind an indelible mark.