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Author:

Gelernter, J. H., author.

Title:

The Montevideo brief / J.H. Gelernter.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

246 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Fiction.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Fiction.
Gold--Fiction.
Ocean travel--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Novels.

Summary:

"Vienna--June 1804. At the glittering debut of Beethoven's Third Symphony, a Spanish diplomat meets with Captain Thomas Grey, agent of His Majesty's Secret Service. In exchange for a gigantic bribe, the Spaniard discloses Spain's darkest secret: the actual terms of the Treaty of San Ildefonso with France. Spain's neutrality in Napoleon's war on Britain is only a ruse to keep the British navy from attacking the great treasure-armada now gathering in South America. Spanish warships will depart Montevideo, Uruguay, carrying 2,000 tons of gold; when the gold is safely in Madrid, Spain will declare war on Britain and ally with France to divide the British Empire between them. Britain's only hope is to sink or capture the treasure fleet, and the responsibility of delivering that blow falls to Grey"-- Provided by publisher

Series:

A Thomas Grey novel ; 3
Gelernter, J. H. Thomas Grey ; 3.

ISBN:

1324020369
9781324020363

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1391059583

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)