ANDREW ROBERTS - The Aachen Memorandum

London England, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0297816195 Hadrback Hardback. First Edition. Mark to title page from removal of old label. When Dr. Horatio Lestog, All Souls Prize Fellow and freelance journalist, discovers the body of a 91-year-old Admiral in suspicious circumstances, he is soon on the trail of more than a murderer. For there is a scandal which goes to the very heart of the United States of Europe - the corrup, bureaucratic, xenophobic Euro-superstate which has, in the 30 years since the Aachem Referendum, almost snuffed out British national identity. Buckingham Palace, now Attali House, is the regional headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The now-defunct Houses of Parliament have been renamed The Westminster Heritage, Amenity and Leisuredome. Even Horatio's namesake has been moved from his column in Delors Square. 280 pp.