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London 1901.
William Melville is in his fiftes. He's worked his way up to a very important person in British intelligence. He's also an occasional bodyguard to the Royal Family.
But now Queen Victoria has died and basically all of Europe will come to the funeral - because most Royals are very closely related to the late Queen. Also present will be German Emperor Wilhelm. The favorite grandson.
But some anarchists are plotting to kill him. Which William and the Emperor's bodyguard will do their best to prevent. Failing that will very possibly lead to a war in Europe.

What will happen?
Who can we trust?
Can we save the world??? 😱

Let the fun times begin.... ☺

I really enjoyed reading this. I first thought I wouldn't like it. I'm not a history fan. But I'm a spy/mystery/Royal (romance) fan. Plus I'm a Leonard family fan - so I just had to read this.
And I liked it. It was a bit long and very slightly boring at times - but that's just me feeling like I was suddenly back in school again - I hated history and ... school in general. But I also have to admit that I got so invested and interested at times, that I wikipedia'ed some things. This story is based on real people and events - so I had to google some names and faces! (not too in love with the faces to be honest! LOL!)

This was a great 1901 James-Bondy-spy-mystery-royal thriller.
You just have to keep reading - I needed to know if William would be able to stop the bad guys!

I so wouldn't mind seeing this as a show on Netflix one day.

I just wish that William would've been a bit younger and hotter and single with a cute love interest thrown in - for all our romance lovers out there. But obviously that couldn't happen because he was a real person and this isn't a cute little romance! ☺

Anyway - I liked reading it. And I think we can expect more from William? Whether completely fictional or also based on true events? Who knows! But I would definitely read it!


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