THE POISON TIDE

Book ID/图书代码： 07100013B63546

English Summary/英文概要： A tense story of a spy undercover during the First World War, Andrew Williams recreates the early years of the Secret Service as evocatively as anything by John le Carre or Robert Harris. The Poison Tide is the first in a series of loosely linked novels set in that world and ’possesses a richness of characterisation and intelligence that few thrillers can match...’ Sunday Times. 1915. German guns are on their way to Ireland. The British government faces its worst nightmare; insurrection at home while it struggles with bloody stalemate on the Western Front. A British spy, Sebastian Wolff of the new Secret Service Bureau, is given the task of hunting down its enemies: one a traitor reviled by the society that honoured him as a national hero; the other a German-American doctor who, instead of healing the sick, is developing a terrifying new weapon that he will use in the country of his birth. Wolff’s mission will take him undercover into the corridors of power in Berlin, then across the Atlantic in a race against time to prevent the destruction of the ships and supplies Britain so desperately needs to stave off defeat.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1915年，当德国正欲向爱尔兰动武之时，英国政府将要面临一场可怕的噩梦；即将在家门口开战的西部血战也即将拉开序幕。一位英国新成立的特勤部的间谍，塞巴斯蒂安•沃尔夫，受命前往寻找威胁到国家安全的敌人：曾经被社会谩骂的一位叛徒，如今成了国家的英雄；另一位徳裔美国大夫，不是替人治愈病痛，而是为了自己的所谓的国家新生，而在研发一种新的武器。沃尔夫的任务是去秘密调查柏林高层决策的动向，然后要抓紧时间，跨越大西洋，防止敌舰的破坏，是英国免遭这场灭顶之灾。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：’Williams is establishing himself as the master of this historical thriller in which real-life events and characters are given a fictional twist or gloss’ -- Scotsman ’A first-class thriller ... possesses a richness of characterisation and intelligence that few other such thrillers can match’ -- Sunday Times ’A cracking read, a thriller that has heft ... powerful and forthright’ -- History Today ’This is a very satisfying thriller on many levels. Above all, it’s an intelligent thriller: brilliantly researched, superbly crafted and ... well written’ -- www.shotsmag.co.uk ’Two novels have established Andrew Williams as an outstanding writer of the historical thriller or spy story. The Poison Tide will only enhance his reputation. It is very good indeed ... Compelling and smoothly engineered ... You will be lucky if you come upon a more engrossing and enjoyable historical thriller this year. Or perhaps next year’ -- Allan Massie, Scotsman ’Williams’ knowledge of the time, combined with a talent for storytelling, means his historical thrillers are compelling and extremely enjoyable. Williams skilfully creates a character that is honest, ruthless and flawed ... The Poison Tide is a thoroughly enjoyable read’ -- www.sir-readalot.blogspot.co.uk ’I really enjoyed this very exciting but fast-paced thriller, with intricately researched details ... I was gripped until the final page. Well recommended’ -- www.eurocrime.co.uk ’This fine novel fuses fiction with real-life First World War events ... It’s multi-layered and gripping’ -- Peterborough Telegraph Praise for Andrew Williams:’Williams contrives an appealing blend of Doctor Zhivago, Conrad’s Under Western Eyes and Boris Akunin’s 19th-century crime fiction. His ability to bring a past world to life matches Furst’s’ -- John Dugdale, Sunday Times ’This is a dense, meaty affair which pulls off the trick of gripping the reader and bringing a complicated, alien world to life’ -- Guardian ’He blends historical fact and fiction in a vivid recreation of the world of The Idiot and Crime and Punishment’ -- The Times ’Elegantly serpentine plotting and finely etched characters confirm his place in the front rank of the new English thriller writers’ -- Daily Mail ’A very accomplished novel which can be enjoyed as a gripping and moving thriller. Yet it is more than that, for it invites us to reflect on questions of morality, and on that age-old question of when, if ever, violent means may be held to justify worthy ends; whether, indeed, such ends can ever be achieved if the means are inescapably criminal’ -- Allan Massie, Scotsman ’Andrew Williams takes us very convincingly into the world of idealistic terrorists ... The atmosphere of time and place is finely realised and the plot is compelling. Best of all, however, is the moral discrimination with which Williams presents his terrorists to us, showing how high ideals may be corrupted by whatever is perceived to be necessary’ -- Scotsman ’Exciting ... an important book for devotees of the spy story’ -- Shots Magazine ’A gripping thriller set in a world of treachery’ -- British Fantasy Society

About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁•威廉姆斯曾为英国广播公司撰写和执导历史纪录片。他还是两部非小说类畅销作品，《大西洋之战》和《登陆日到柏林》的作者。他之前的两部小说是《审问者》和《杀死一个沙皇》。

After studying English at Oxford University, Andrew Williams worked as a senior producer for the BBC’s Panorama and Newsnight programmes, then wrote and directed history documentaries. He is the author of two bestselling non-fiction books: The Battle of the Atlantic and D-Day to Berlin. His two acclaimed previous novels The Interrogator, which was shortlisted for the Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award, and To Kill a Tsar, which was shortlisted for the Ellis Peters Award and the Walter Scott Award, are both published by John Murray. Andrew Williams lives with his family in Edinburgh.

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