Secret ProtocolsPeter Owen, 2006 - 357 ページ Set in wartime Estonia, this was the last novel by Peter Vansittart, one of the greatest historical novelists of the 20th century.Erich's odyssey begins when his Estonian childhood is ended by the outbreak of World War II. He arrives in 1945 Paris, where his life seems full of promise. But a love affair drives him to England to work for the Estonian government-in-exile. His imagined island of monarchs, Churchill, and gentlemen evaporates into one of scornful youth, insular adults, and an underground of spies, political crooks, and fanatics. Sojourns in Europe further underline that war and corruption are not extinct and that, in his own life, the most profound shocks are those of friendship and love. Beneath the drift towards a united Europe, Erich realizes that treaties do not always end war, that solemn rites cannot guarantee love, and that the inevitable can fail to happen." |
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... French , German - of the Conférence du Monde . More sashes , tiaras , insignia , the front rank of the Légion : the deferential , the lofty , the polished , the creamy , some like distinguished hyenas , some like swans on dry land ...
... French , German - of the Conférence du Monde . More sashes , tiaras , insignia , the front rank of the Légion : the deferential , the lofty , the polished , the creamy , some like distinguished hyenas , some like swans on dry land ...
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... French girl opening her legs . On Wilfrid's departure , with Paris seething with Confer- ence anticipations and discord , I was splayed with images of foreboding . A withered hand upheld at crossroads , tests set by dwarf with a secret ...
... French girl opening her legs . On Wilfrid's departure , with Paris seething with Confer- ence anticipations and discord , I was splayed with images of foreboding . A withered hand upheld at crossroads , tests set by dwarf with a secret ...
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... French Revolution people had denounced not only friends and relatives but themselves , begging for Sainte Guillotine . All was provisional , ending with semi - colons . The garden was dying , life a matter of loose ends , horribly ...
... French Revolution people had denounced not only friends and relatives but themselves , begging for Sainte Guillotine . All was provisional , ending with semi - colons . The garden was dying , life a matter of loose ends , horribly ...
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Alex amongst Baltic Balts beneath Berlin birds blue Bomb British called Claire colours Conference dance dark dead despite Dick door Embassy empty English Erich Estonian Europe European eyes face Father fear flowers Forest Brothers Forest Uncle French Führer garden German Gestapo girl glance glass green grey hair hand head heard Herr General's humour imagined John Rabe joke July Plot knew Latvians laugh less light London looked lost Malraux Marc-Henri Meinnenberg Moscow Mother movie murmured Nadja naked never night nodded Ogygia once Pact Pahlen Paris peace perhaps Polish political Red Army refused Reich Reichsmarschall remembered Rose Russian secret shadows shrugged silence Sinclair smile Soviet spoke Stalin Stefan George stories streets Suzie talk Tallinn thought trees Turret vanished Vello village voice watch Wehrmacht West Germany Wilfrid Wolf's Lair words young youth