The Prime Ministers Affair, Andrew Williams
The Prime Ministers Affair, Andrew Williams
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The Prime Minister's Affair
The gripping historical thriller based on real events

Author: Andrew Williams

Narrator: George Weightman

Unabridged: 11 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/23/2022

Synopsis

London 1929. Very much not a land fit for heroes. Frenchie knows his occasional work for MI5 serves only the ruling classes. But he needs to feed his children. Scruples died in the trenches.

When Ramsay MacDonald, Britain's first Labour Prime Minister, is blackmailed by a former lover, Frenchie must go to Paris to buy her silence.

It is clear there are many people who would see MacDonald fall - the Conservatives, their friends in the press, even some of his own colleagues. But his own secret service? When Frenchie hears the other side of the story, everything changes.

The Prime Minister's Affair is another brilliant historical thriller from the author of Witchfinder, based on a real blackmail plot, hidden in the archives.

'If le Carre needs a successor, Williams has all the equipment for the role' Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams worked as a senior producer for the BBC's flagship Panorama and Newsnight programmes, and as a writer and director of history documentaries. He is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books, The Battle of the Atlantic and D-day to Berlin, and four acclaimed novels, The Interrogator, (shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award and the Ellis Peters Award), To Kill a Tsar, (shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award and the Walter Scott Prize), The Poison Tide and The Suicide Club. You can find out more about Andrew Williams and his writing at www.andrewwilliams.tv, and you can follow him on twitter at @AWilliamswriter or on Facebook.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

Anyone who has read Andrew Williams’ non-fiction will be aware of his ability to thoroughly research a subject; and this is also one of the strengths of his historical fiction. But the research never gets in the way of the storytelling; and his latest book, like the others I’ve read so far (Witchfin......more

Goodreads review by Ivor

Fascinating, well written historical novel about the efforts by several factions with conflicting motives to retrieve embarrassing letters written by British Prime Minister Ramsey MacDonald to his Austrian lover. Andrew Williams’ book provides substantial support for the proposition that the three g......more

Goodreads review by Annarella

This is an interesting historical fiction that mixes facts and fiction. There's a thriller side but it's the depiction of an age when fascism was seen as the barrier to stop bolshevism. A violent age and this book talks about what happened, how the secret services used violence and fascist. it's well......more

Quotes

A compelling story of power, passion and intrigue based on real events, The Prime Minister's Affair is a terrific read

Spy tradecraft of the old school, with no computers, fast cars or mobile phones, but not a whit less exciting for that. Highly recommended as both a spy story and a piece of social and political history Shots Magazine

Andrew Williams has fashioned a wickedly entertaining tale of political chicanery Daily Telegraph

Williams blends reality and fiction in a tense and intricate story that shows politics has always been a brutal business Sun

His new novel quietly ticks all the boxes . . . Albeit set in a period Le Carré never explored, this has all the trademark qualities of the Grand Master himself, an historical spy thriller which springs to life due to the complexity and humanity of its characters, both public and private Crime Time

A must read for anyone with any interest in politics of the past or the present

Compelling and full of rich portrayals of both real and fictional characters from the period . . . A wonderful read

An entertaining yarn The Telegraph

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