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 Lynch and his cabinet left off. Thankfully, for the sake of Cold War peace, each side thinks it should be Lenkeit's 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. 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.