" Two main storylines run through Book 4 of The Speedicut Speedicut’s quest to identify the traitor within the British establishment, who has already occasioned him considerable personal problems, and his involuntary – and often disastrous - involvement in the geo-political affairs of the Emperors of Austria, Mexico and the French and the future Emperor of Germany. Speedicut’s behindthe- scenes revelations in Book 4 shed new light on the fall of the Mexican Empire, the Franco-Prussian War, the Paris Commune and a great deal more besides. "