01787nam a22002177a 4500 20260129152524.0 220921b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781788165921 AL English 23 NATB 823.92 Leonora Nattrass 253186 Black Drop London Viper,profile Books Ltd 2021 337p PB 23x15cm 4157 ₹559.00 ₹ ₹699.00 20% 10-09-2022 '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? English Fiction 58140 English Literature 58141 ddc BK 224632 224632 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN AL AL 2022-09-19 Biblios Book Point, Surathkal, Mangalore575014 559.00 0 823.92 NATB 076079 2022-09-21 00:00:00 699.00 2022-09-21 BK