Rule Britannia Av Alec Marsh

<P><B></B><B><I>''</I></B><B>An immensely readable treat!'' ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH</B><B></B><br><br><B>The first book in a light-hearted historical adventure series set during the mid-twentieth century.</B><br><B>...........................................................................</B><br><br>Ernest Drabble, a Cambridge historian and mountaineer, travels to rural Devon to inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell - a macabre artefact owned by Dr Wilkinson. Drabble only tells one person of his plans - Harris, an old school friend and press reporter. <br><br>On the train to Devon, Drabble narrowly avoids being murdered, only to reach his destination and find Dr Wilkinson has been killed. Gripped in Wilkinson''s hand is a telegram from Winston Churchill instructing him to bring the head of Oliver Cromwell to London.<br><br>Drabble has unwittingly become embroiled in a pro-Nazi conspiracy headed by a high-status Conservative member of the British government.<br><br>And so, Drabble teams up with Wilkinson''s secretary, Kate Honeyand, to find the head and rescue Harris who is being tortured for information...<br><B>...........................................................................</B><br><B><br></B><B>Praise for <I>Rule Britannia</I>:</B><B></B><br><B>''A rollicking good read'' </B><br>IAN RANKIN <br><br><B>''Marsh chomps the period bit between his teeth and relates his yarn with winning gusto'' </B><br><I>NEW STATESMAN</I><br><br><B>''Tremendous stuff! With the arrival of Alec Marsh''s first Drabble and Harris thriller, John Buchan must be stirring uneasily in his grave''</B><br>STANLEY JOHNSON</P>