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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... face . — Everywhere portraits hung , ranged between stuffed heads of wolf and elk , the top right - hand corner of a wall always covered , for there demons hid . Portraits described eras of Wallenstein , star- crazed warrior ; of Old ...
... face . — Everywhere portraits hung , ranged between stuffed heads of wolf and elk , the top right - hand corner of a wall always covered , for there demons hid . Portraits described eras of Wallenstein , star- crazed warrior ; of Old ...
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... face and belt , striding the future on huge letters , He Is Coming . By now , the sky over the Museum was tinged red , and , beyond Bedford Square , in Coram Fields , dusk was filling with tinny , car- nival percussion . Uneasy , but ...
... face and belt , striding the future on huge letters , He Is Coming . By now , the sky over the Museum was tinged red , and , beyond Bedford Square , in Coram Fields , dusk was filling with tinny , car- nival percussion . Uneasy , but ...
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... faces stiff as masks . If a Magian star had once lured outsize tribes across Europe , they had shrunk , with coinage and language , were wedged , almost inert , like climbers stricken on the cliff face , like the satyrs , demons , wild ...
... faces stiff as masks . If a Magian star had once lured outsize tribes across Europe , they had shrunk , with coinage and language , were wedged , almost inert , like climbers stricken on the cliff face , like the satyrs , demons , wild ...
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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