Uncorrected bound proof. 216pp. In red card covers. 8vo. Card covers are worn and rubbed at edge, lightly sunned and creased on spine. Some reading wear to page edges. Uncorrected bound proof of a political thriller written by Douglas Hurd MP. Hurd served as political secretary to Prime Minister Edward Heath, to whom this book is dedicated, before serving in the cabinets of both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, latterly as Foreign Secretary.