'Sensational... great, intelligent, fun' (Time Out) www.robertwilton.com Prize-winning novelist Robert Wilton was advisor to the Prime Minister of Kosovo in the years before the country’s independence, Private Secretary to the UK Secretary of State for Defence, and acting head of an international human rights mission in Albania. He’s co-founder of The Ideas Partnership charity, supporting the education and empowerment of marginalized children in the Balkans. He's the author of the Comptrollerate-General series of immersive historical novels, the Gentleman Adventurer Edwardian Entertainments, and the Shakespeare & Sherlock series. He also writes on history, culture and the failures of international intervention in south-eastern Europe, writes for and blogs about the screen, and translates Albanian literature. A practising life and writing coach, he divides his time between the Balkans and Cornwall. Visit www.robertwilton.com for free stuff, information, and a conversation about the curiosities of history. THE COMPTROLLERATE-GENERAL FOR SCRUTINY AND SURVEY: Traitor's Field (1648-1651) Treason's Spring (1792) Treason's Tide (hb The Emperor's Gold, 1805) The Spider of Sarajevo (1914) THE GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER: Death and the Dreadnought Poison in Paris Bolsheviks at the Ballet SHAKESPEARE & SHERLOCK: The Adventure of the Distracted Thane The Case of the Philosophical Prince Historical Writers' Association/Goldsboro Crown for best debut historical novel Amazon historical fiction Number One A Waterstone's 'best new debut novel' 'Literary gold... superbly satisfying...beautifully written, wonderfully clever' (Daily Telegraph) 'A learned, beautifully written, elegant spy thriller’ (The Times) 'One of the smartest novelists we have. A touch of Conrad, more than a dash of Buchan ... Simply brilliant.’ (John Lawton)