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JAMES NAUGHTIE - The Madness Of July , in hardback , First Edition / Impression published by Head Of Zeus in 2014 .

This book is signed by the author - I met James at the Cheltenham Literature Festival .

The first novel by the author of non-fiction works , The Rivals : The Intimate Story Of A Political Marriage and The New Elizabethans : Sixty Portraits Of Our Age .

" It is a sweltering July in the mid-1970s , and for Will Flemyng , foreign office minister , the temperature is rising with each passing hour . A mysterious death has exposed secret passions in government , bringing on a political crisis that will draw him back into a familiar world of danger and deceit .

" For Flemyng has a past . He was trained as a spy for a life behind enemy lines and now he's compelled to go back . In the course of one long weekend he must question all his loyalties : to his friends , his enemies , and to his own two brothers . "

About James Naughtie

James Naughtie presents Today on BBC Radio 4 . His career as a journalist , in newspapers and then as a broadcaster , began in the era in which this story is set . He has written books on politics and music , but this is his first novel . He lives in Edinburgh and London .

Very good condition - looks fantastic .

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