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Will Flemyng was a spy who turned to politics and is rising to the
top in the 1970s. But when a bizarre death, on one hot summer day
in London, starts to unravel some of the most sensitive secrets of
his government, he's drawn back into the shadows of the Cold War
and begins to dance with danger once more. Buffeted by political
forces and the powerful women around him, and caught in
interlocking mysteries he must disentangle - including a
potentially lethal family secret - Flemyng faces his vulnerability
and learns, through betrayal and tragedy, more truth about his
world than he has ever known.
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Writers Who Changed History
Dk; Foreword by James Naughtie
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From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the
Water is the third instalment in James Naughtie’s brilliant spy
series, woven around three brothers bound together through
espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from
the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng,
spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten
everything he holds dear. From Washington, he’s pitched back into
the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an explosive secret hidden
deep in the most dangerous but fulfilling friendship he has known.
And while he confronts shadowy adversaries in American streets, and
looks for solace at home in the Scottish Highlands, he discovers
that his government’s most precious Cold War agent is in mortal
danger and needs his help to survive. In an electric story of
courage and betrayal, Flemyng learns the truth that his life has
left him a man with many friends, but still alone. 'A thoughtful
and detailed novel of statecraft and spycraft, recommended for fans
of le Carré' Ian Rankin Praise for James Naughtie: ‘As
convincing as any of John le Carré’s’ Independent
‘Beautifully written, deftly plotted, skilfully paced,
imaginatively conceived’ Robert Littell ‘An involved and
beautifully plotted spy story’ Allan Massie 'Hugely gripping and
atmospheric' Mail on Sunday 'Complex and psychologically detailed'
Charles Cumming 'A tour de force' Kate Mosse
'Everything you would expect of a James Naughtie book - droll,
absorbing and wonderfully perceptive.' Bill Bryson 'A revealing and
at times spellbinding tapestry of a nation...It is
thought-provoking, constantly surprising and hugely entertaining.
Sublime stuff.' Michael Simkins, Mail on Sunday 'An insightful
account of living through momentous times...much to enjoy in
Naughtie's astute memoir.' Martin Chilton, Independent James
Naughtie, the acclaimed author and BBC broadcaster, now brings his
unique and inquisitive eye to the country that has fascinated him
and drawn him across the Atlantic for half a century. In looking at
America, from Presidents Nixon through to Biden, he tells the story
of a country that is grappling with a dream. What has it come to
mean in the new century, and who do Americans now think they are?
Drawing on his travels and encounters over forty years in the 'Land
of the Free', On The Road is filled with anecdotes, memories, tears
and laughter reflecting Naughtie's characteristic warmth and
enthusiasm in encountering the America of Washington, of Broadway,
of the small town and the plains. As a student, Naughtie watched
the fall of President Richard Nixon in 1974, and subsequently as a
journalist followed the story of the country - its politicians,
artists, wheeler-dealers and the people who make it what it is, in
the New York melting pot or the western deserts. This is a story
filled with encounters, for example with the people he has watched
on every presidential campaign from the late 1970s to the victory
of Joe Biden in 2020. This edition is fully updated to include
Naughtie's fascinating insights on the controversial presidential
election battle in 2020 between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
From one of our most treasured BBC broadcasters, The Spy Across the
Water is the the third instalment in James Naughtie's brilliant spy
series, woven around three brothers bound together forever through
espionage. We live with our history, but it can kill us. Faces from
the past appear from nowhere at a family funeral, and Will Flemyng,
spy-turned-ambassador, is drawn into twin mysteries that threaten
everything he holds dear. From Washington, he's pitched back into
the Troubles in Northern Ireland and an explosive secret hidden
deep in the most dangerous but fulfilling friendship he has known.
And while he confronts shadowy adversaries in American streets, and
looks for solace at home in the Scottish Highlands, he discovers
that his government's most precious Cold War agent is in mortal
danger and needs his help to survive. In an electric story of
courage and betrayal, Flemyng learns the truth that his life has
left him a man with many friends, but still alone. Praise for James
Naughtie: 'As convincing as any of John le Carre's.' Independent
'The Madness of July is one hell of a debut and one hell of a read.
Beautifully written, deftly plotted, skilfully paced, imaginatively
conceived.' Robert Littell 'His first novel was good. This is even
better... An involved and beautifully plotted spy story.' Allan
Massie 'Hugely gripping and atmospheric.' Mail on Sunday 'Complex
and psychologically detailed.' Charles Cumming 'A tour de force.'
Kate Mosse
A penetrating insider's view of the most important relationship in
modern politics, the one on which the recent reinvention of Britain
is founded: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. By the celebrated Radio 4
Today Programme presenter James Naughtie. No Prime Minister and
Chancellor this century have been bound so closely together, each
depending on the other's strengths to repair weaknesses that might
otherwise be politically fatal; yet theirs is a bond that crackles
with suspicion and misunderstanding, lovers' tiffs that send
tremors through the government . The story of the current era can
only properly be told through the prism of this strange union, and
it has never been told before. James Naughtie is a unique insider.
A hugely respected political commentator, he has equal access to
both men, to their key courtiers, to the party malcontents and
everyone who has ever sat in Cabinet with them. Not since Alan
Clark's Diaries has there been such a vivid, human portrait of the
agonies and ecstasies of power in action. Even the supporting
players are wildly dramatic: the saturnine plotting of Peter
Mandelson, the muscled protection of Alistair Campbell, the Scots
traditionalists facing down the Number 10 policy wonks. But the
real drama is compressed into the central relationship. Here are
Othello and Iago, Caesar and Brutus. This is a classic power play
of our time, brilliantly, vividly and intimately staged by James
Naughtie.
Imagine a world without Principia Mathematica, Rights of Man, the
Bible, Shakespeare, or the Mahabharata. Books that Changed History
features 75 of the world's most momentous titles - from The Art of
War to Anne Frank's Diary - and reveals their far-ranging impact.
Books are the medium through which scientists, storytellers, and
philosophers introduce their ideas. Discover seminal religious and
political titles, cornerstones of science such as On the Origin of
Species, and ancient texts such as the I Ching, which is still used
today to answer fundamental questions about human existence. Get up
close to see fascinating details, such as Versalius' exquisite
anatomical illustrations in Epitome, Leonardo da Vinci's annotated
notebooks, or the hand-decorated pages in the Gutenberg Bible.
Discover why Euclid's Elements of Geometry was the most influential
maths title ever published, and marvel at rare treasures such as
the Aubin Codex, which tells the history of the Aztecs and the
early Spanaish colonial period in Mexico. Books that Changed
History gathers stories, diaries, scientific treatises, plays,
dictionaries, and religious texts into a stunning celebration of
the power of books.
Paris, April 1968. The cafes are alive with talk of revolution, but
for Will Flemyng - secret servant at the British embassy - the
crisis is personal. A few words from a stranger on the metro change
his life. His family is threatened with ruin and he now faces the
spy's oldest fear: exposure. Freddy Craven is the hero and mentor
Flemyng would trust with his life, but when he is tempted into a
dark, Cold War labyrinth, he chooses the dangerous path and plays
his game alone. Then a bizarre murder reveals a web of secrets, and
his loyalty to family and friends is tested as never before. As the
streets of Paris become a smoke-filled battleground, Flemyng, like
his friends and enemies, discovers that where secrets are at stake,
lives are too.
The making of Music is the story of our musical history, its
origins and how it has shaped us. We have all grown up with a
common background noise, whether we realise it or not. The
tradition of European music that took shape in medieval
monasteries, then in churches and courts, and moved into the
salons, concert halls and theatres in later centuries, is in our
cultural bloodstream. James Naughtie delves into the colourful,
turbulent world of music - its characters, traditions and
mysterious power - in a delightfully lively and personal way. His
story is richly peopled and animated by moments of drama: what it
was like at the first night of The Rite of Spring, when the dancers
could neither hear their instructions nor could Stravinsky continue
conducting because the booing was so loud; how it must have felt
for Beethoven to scratch Napoleon's name off the dedication page of
the 'Eroica' Symphony because he believed the emperor to have
betrayed the French Revolution. As when presenting the Proms, James
Naughtie brings to The Making of Music that particular blend of
expertise and approachability set to delight the aficionado and the
uninitiated alike.
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