Addlestone Chronicles

Adolph Hitler came to power in January 1933 after being appointed Chancellor by Paul von Hindenburg, the president of Germany. The implications for European stability were not lost on the British Secret Intelligence Service. They initiated a programme to increase the number of agents, recruited primarily from the ranks of Oxford and Cambridge University students. In this novel, James Harcourt-Heath and Louise de la Béré are final year undergraduates at Cambridge in 1935. Although a couple, they were independently recruited by the Secret Service, to train as agents. Their covert assignments take them to Paris, Munich, Vienna and Berlin as the prospect of war becomes more evident and dangerous. Their initial confrontation with the Germans is in southern England where they disrupt the Nazi programme called Lebensborn. Later, they encounter a Nazi cell in Addlestone whose aim was to steal British military secrets.

Spain, 1936. A democracy shattered. Loyalties divided. Chaos reigns. In the gripping fourth installment of The Addlestone Chronicles, British secret agents James and Louise Harcourt-Heath, along with Donald and Beatrice Hutchinson, venture into the heart of a nation engulfed by civil war. Their mission: to discreetly observe and report on a conflict that threatens not only Spain but the stability of all Europe. As battles rage between the democratically elected Republicans and General Franco's insurgent Nationalists, the agents find themselves navigating a landscape of deception, danger, and political intrigue. Britain's official neutrality masks a deep unease over the potential repercussions: a fascist victory in Spain could tip the entire continent into darkness and threaten critical British territories, including Gibraltar. Brimming with vivid historical detail and relentless suspense, this novel brings the tense political landscape of 1930s Europe dramatically to life. As echoes of the past resound ominously in our modern political climate, readers will be compelled to ask: Could history be repeating itself?