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'An afternoon reading Lyall is sure to dispel the winter gloom' Express on Sunday Praise for SPY'S HONOUR, FLIGHT FROM HONOUR and ALL HONOURABLE MEN 'Cunningly crafted, full of action ... captures the atmosphere of the time perfectly' Daily Telegraph 'Another of Lyall's polished pieces about the early days of British espionage' Literary Review 'Excellent addition to the genre... engrossing ... convincing' Daily Express As a young naval officer, King George V kept a mistress in Portsmouth. In 1914 an American anarchist is likely to be extradited to Paris for burning down a police station. What possible connection could there be? Only that the lad, and his elusive mother, claim he is the King's son - and heir to the throne. With the King about to go on a diplomatically vital visit to Paris, this is hardly something to be investigated in public. So Secret Service agents Matthew Ranklin and Conall O'Gilroy take it on - with the most honourable intentions, of course. But as they soon find, there is no smoke without, in the end, gunfire. Just an exciting thriller from the tense kindergarten days of the Secret Service? Of course. Except that King George's diaries show that, as a young naval officer, he did keep a mistress in Portsmouth ... - from the back cover -
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by Gavin Lyall