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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aLeonora Nattrass _958143
245			_aBlack Drop
260			_aLondon _bViper,profile Books Ltd _c2021
300			_a337 p. _bPB _c23x15 cm.
365			_a4157 _b₹559.00 _c₹ _d₹699.00 _e20% _f10-09-2022
520			_a'Black Drop is a joy from start to finish... Jago is a very sympathetic hero, with all his flaws, virtues and secrets' - ANDREW TAYLOR ________________________________________ This is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Reluctant spy. July 1794, and the streets of London are filled with rumours of revolution. Political radical Thomas Hardy is to go on trial for treason, the war against the French is not going in Britain's favour, and negotiations with the independent American colonies are on a knife edge. Laurence Jago - clerk to the Foreign Office - is ever more reliant on the Black Drop to ease his nightmares. A highly sensitive letter has been leaked to the press, which may lead to the destruction of the British Army, and Laurence is a suspect. Then he discovers the body of a fellow clerk, supposedly a suicide. Blame for the leak is shifted to the dead man, but even as the body is taken to the anatomists, Laurence is certain both of his friend's innocence, and that he was murdered. But after years of hiding his own secrets from his powerful employers, and at a time when even the slightest hint of treason can lead to the gallows, how can Laurence find the true culprit without incriminating himself?
650			_aEnglish Fiction _958140
650			_aEnglish Literature _958141
700			_aNATTRASS (Leonora) _958142
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