Book description
In the bitter january of 1893, the German peace crusader Dr Otto
Seligmann is blown to pieces in the Belvedere, his garden library at
Chelsea. Detective Inspector Box and Sergeant Knollys interview
Seligmann's associate, Count Cernzy, who reveals that Britain is
infested by agents of the German war party. In the fog-shrouded garden
of Seligmann's house, Box encounters Colonel Kershaw, the suave but
sinister head of secret intelligence, who enlists his aid to search for
Seligmann's house, Box finally discovers the secret of the Hansa
Protocol, and the true purpose of the Belvedere explosion. The mission
ends in a desperate confrontation on which the nation's future will
depend. Norman Russell was born in Lancashire but has lived most of
his life in Liverpool. After graduating from Jesus College, Oxford, he
served a term in the army in Jamaica and the Bahamas. Returning to study
for a Diploma in Education, he was later awarded the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. He now writes full-time.
