<p><b>A gripping espionage thriller about an establishment plot to take control of 1970s Britain, by a writer who is ''poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carre''</b><b><br><br> ''Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr¿ <i>Irish Independent</i><br><br></b><b>''More George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers'' <i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br><br><b>March, 1976. A secret plot unfolds on both sides of the Atlantic to remove the British prime minister from power.</b><br><br> 1947: As a hungry Britain freezes through a harsh winter, a young cabinet minister makes a deal with Moscow, trading jet engines for grain and wood.<br><br> 1951: William Catesby executes a Nazi war criminal in the ruins of a U-boat bunker. The German turns out be a CIA asset.<br><br> Both men have made powerful enemies in Washington, and their fates become entwined as one rises through MI6 and the o