ROBERT ADAM

Dublin, 1970: Oskar Lenkeit is a man on a mission, or rather two missions.The East German Stasi want to know why the Irish government have changed their minds about arming the IRA. The French want to know too - just in case they might want to pick up where Jack Lynchs government left off.Thankfully, for the sake of Cold War peace, each side thinks it should be Lenkeits employer, the EEC, which takes the blame if he gets found out.But when Lenkeit gets to Ireland he discovers that the Irish intelligence agencies have agendas of their own which very definitely come first.Series notes: The follow-on novel to At the Court of Charlemagne, but written to be self-contained, without revealing any significant plot developments from the first book. Certain scenes in the text are suitable for 16+ years / 11th Grade readers only.

The story of the EEC and the EU, up to 2009, told in the allegorical style of Animal Farm."As a higher animal, he knew it was his duty not to tax the brains of the lower animals with thoughts which would be too complex for them, and only cause distress." - Sunflower the Goat"She had sought to make economies in the farms outgoings wherever possible, cutting the milk ration to the younger animals and even going to the extent of selling Korolskys family silver." - Duchess the Mare"... failure to adopt the Working Conditions Edict would mean a dangerous lack of valuable new rules on how to run fields, rules which no farm could do without, which wanted to think of itself as modern." - Windy the Goat"This is a piece of paper for our time, he proclaimed, his long grey face serious on the outside." - Normandsky the All-grey Donkey"He had tired of the unwillingness of any animal in the county to listen to, let alone understand Tertiary Deviationism, so had resigned as Chair, going to the neighbouring counties to be paid to explain his philosophy there." - Scratcher the Pig"He did not understand why the ordinary animals were upset at being denied their Vote of Confidence and did not understand why they were so opposed to a simple Common Bartering arrangement with the neighbouring farms." - Angus the Cart-horse

Brussels 1969: Oskar Lenkeit is a fish out of water at the EEC.Hes about to find out how far. Echoes from the past are threatening to disturb the three-year-old truce between France and Germany over the direction of the EEC. At the request of some unlikely sponsors, Lenkeit takes on an Internal Affairs investigation intended to restore the peace, but ends up with a foot on either side of a widening rift.With corruption at the pinnacle of European society, can the project survive and will France and Germany finally set aside old differences, or will their countries ghosts bring it down?Written for fans of Philip Kerr, Len Deighton, Robert Harris and John Le Carre, who are looking for a European Union origins story of the same genre and set in a similar era.A very intriguing and thought provoking read... that grabs you, makes you stop and think and twists and turns until the end. This is one of those books that leaves you wanting to read the next adventure. - RoyThe story is well paced and a balanced mixture of suspense and political intrigue; a real page turner. I would thoroughly recommend this novel. - Lesley

Afterword to the Robert Adam novel "Under the Golden Sicilian Sun", describing the events of the December 1970 "Golpe Borghese" - a military-backed coup attempt in Italy against a backdrop of escalating political violence, intended to trigger emergency powers for a government crackdown on the far-left.This volume also includes Chapter 1 of the novel and selected notes from the Miscellany.

London, 1971: Edward Heath is desperate to rush through EEC accession, not least because two-thirds of the electorate are against it.So when a vice ring makes threats against the Prime Minister, Kramer, the eminence grise of the European Commission, has no choice but to take action.But even before the fishing boats can begin their protests on the Thames, the counter-measures plan devised by Kramer and his English wartime colleague starts to take on a life of its own.The fourth book in the Charlemagne series, but written to be read on its own, without significant plot reveals from the prequels.Certain scenes in the text are suitable for 18+ years / 12th Grade readers only.

Brussels, 1970: Oskar Lenkeit has been enthralled by the darling of the Berlaymont, right from the first day he met her.But for reasons of his own, he bitterly hates her too.As if life isnt complicated enough, he has to work out why a wartime Italian special forces commander is in cahoots with the Mafia. And then get the East German Stasi to do something about it.The author has depicted with great care the atmosphere in the Italy of the "Years of Lead" - JeromeA tautly paced thriller with a political dimension. Exciting and gripping, but full of realistic details - PippiSeries notes: The follow-on novel to On the Green Hill of Tara, but written to be self-contained. Some threads from the first book in the series, "At the Court of Charlemagne" are completed in this volume. Certain scenes in the text are suitable for 18+ years / 12th Grade readers only.

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ÓUna lectura pesimista de este ensayo de Robert Adams podría hacernos suponer que la arquitectura es una profesión en decadencia, merecida inevitable e inexorablemente. Pero no dejes que esto te desanime: Los 7 pecados capitales de los arquitectos, una serie de articulos breves ilustrados por la conocida mano del dibujante de Architects Journal Louis Hellman, expresa con cariño e ingenio una critica mordaz de los peores aspectos de la profesion. La critica de Adam es condenatoria, su discurso es seductor. [...] En este pequeño libro, Adam cambia el septeto de la envidia, el orgullo (nada ajeno a los despachos de arquitectura) y a sus toxicos amigos por un nuevo paquete de pecados. El elitismo satiriza el vestuario extravagante de los arquitectos y la estrategia que usan para mantener aparte a la chusma. Le siguen la soberbia, el egocentrismo, el dogmatismo, la ignorancia y el derroche. Pero la advertencia mas critica proviene de la incompetencia. [...] Aunque pienses que se trata de los reproches de un tradicionalista, no te asustes. La preocupacion del autor es la de un padre inquieto, alarmado por las travesuras de su hijo descarriado. Y en cualquier caso, si no te gusta, puede que tu pareja o un amigo que no sea arquitecto lo encuentre divertido".