Secret ProtocolsPeter Owen Publishers, 2014/10/01 - 280 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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... empty, I relapsed into sullen self-pity, raging for my dues, for lavish meals, respect, words.The only book here was a Lutheran Bible, rendered insipid by sectarian editing. No letters came. Mother must be very ill or had forgotten me ...
... empty, I relapsed into sullen self-pity, raging for my dues, for lavish meals, respect, words.The only book here was a Lutheran Bible, rendered insipid by sectarian editing. No letters came. Mother must be very ill or had forgotten me ...
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... empty staff cars. We passed wrecked inns and garages, smouldering villages swarming with military stragglers. The plains would bear no har- vest. Well provisioned, we stopped nowhere. Once the driver had to pistol off angry, dishevelled ...
... empty staff cars. We passed wrecked inns and garages, smouldering villages swarming with military stragglers. The plains would bear no har- vest. Well provisioned, we stopped nowhere. Once the driver had to pistol off angry, dishevelled ...
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... empty aspirin bottle; a boy had died, fighting for a girl raddled by sickness. The White Rose had no presence here, and sexual desires poisoned thought. In a climax of nerves, shortages or Russian arrival, Vello would probably resume ...
... empty aspirin bottle; a boy had died, fighting for a girl raddled by sickness. The White Rose had no presence here, and sexual desires poisoned thought. In a climax of nerves, shortages or Russian arrival, Vello would probably resume ...
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... empty, a glass stopper, painted box, bronze oak-leaf, tattered, last- century fan, a bicycle saddle.With a fortitude I admired without envying, he kissed the lumpish bride, then shook hands with her man, presented a small parcel, while ...
... empty, a glass stopper, painted box, bronze oak-leaf, tattered, last- century fan, a bicycle saddle.With a fortitude I admired without envying, he kissed the lumpish bride, then shook hands with her man, presented a small parcel, while ...
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... empty swing, satined courtiers departing through glades, a satyr leering through decayed leaves. A vanished European imagination delicately preserved. I dared not, however, show feelings, for Wilfrid, with generosity never ostentatious ...
... empty swing, satined courtiers departing through glades, a satyr leering through decayed leaves. A vanished European imagination delicately preserved. I dared not, however, show feelings, for Wilfrid, with generosity never ostentatious ...
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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 Hitler 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 Ogygia once Pact Pahlen Paris perhaps Polish political promised Ragnarok Red Army refused Reich Reichsmarschall remembered Reval Rose Russian secret shadows shrugged silence Sinclair smile Soviet spoke Stalin Stefan George stories streets Suzie talk Tallinn thought trees vanished Vello village voice watch Wehrmacht West Germany Wilfrid words young youth