Sea Change

Sea Change

by RobertGoddard (Author)

Synopsis

January, 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age - the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts by Sir Theodore Janssen, a director of the South Sea Company, on one condition: he must secretly convey an important package to Amsterdam. The package safely delivered, Spandrel barely survives an attempt on his life, only to discover the recipient has been murdered, and Spandrel is the prime suspect. Spandrel quickly realises that he has become a pawn in several people's games - British Government agents, and others, are on his trail, believing that the mysterious package contains secrets that could spark a revolution in England. Spandrel's only chance of survival is to recover the package and place its contents in the right hands. But what are the contents and whose exactly are the right hands?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 08 Dec 2011

ISBN 10: 0552164933
ISBN 13: 9780552164931
Book Overview: His classic bestseller

Media Reviews
There is more adventure and less mystery in this than in some of Goddard's other books, but the result is engrossing, storytelling of a very high order * Observer *
Cliffhanging entertainment... Goddard unwinds his plots like a conjurer * Guardian *
The master of the triple double-cross * The Times *
Hypnotising * Daily Mail *
A master storyteller * Sunday Independent *
Author Bio
Robert Goddard was born in Hampshire and read History at Cambridge. His first novel, Past Caring, was an instant bestseller. Since then his books have captivated readers worldwide with their edge-of-the-seat pace and their labyrinthine plotting. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw.