The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years' War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Bruno, in the audience, is told that the stricken man is number two in the French intelligence service, in line for the top job. Wading through a tangle of rivalries and secrets, Bruno begins to parse fact from fiction - while also becoming embroiled in some romantic complications, and of course finding time to put together some splendid meals.
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