The Episode at Toledo

This Ann Bridge novel of international intriuge and romance will delight the author's old fans and enchant new ones. Beautiful Hetta Paloczy, heroine of The Portuguese Escape, now is married to Richard Atherley, Counsellor at the British Embassy in Madrid. She has become one of the most sought-after and accomplished hostesses in international diplomatic society. The Episode at Toledo begins when Hetta, lunching with friends at their cigarral outside Toledo, accidentally overhears a plot to assassinate an American official during his visit to missile bases in Spain...