Silverview by John le Carré Nations are not trapped by

Nations are not trapped by their pasts

Claudius he watches from the sidelines to record the reigns of its emperors: from the wise Augustus and his villainous wife Livia to the sadistic Tiberius and the insane excesses of Caligula

looking after her husband

A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis's blood spilt

Silverview by John le Carré Nations are not trapped byJulian Lawndsley has renounced his high flying job in the City for a simpler life running a bookshop in a small English seaside town. But after only a couple of months into his new career, Edward, a Polish migr, shows up at his door with a very keen interest in Julian's new enterprise and a lot of knowledge about his family history. And when a letter turns up at the door of a spy chief in London warning him of a dangerous leak, the investigations lead