Books by Allan Massie

A discussion of the British novel from 1970 to 1989 which considers the various types of novel produced and looks at some of the main writers in the various categories.

Was Lucien de Balafre a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government? This book explores the ties between fathers and sons and the pains of love and duty in a period of European history that is still characterised by wilful denial and hatred.