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Angels In The Snow
''Angels in the Snow'' is a 1969 thriller novel by the British writer Derek Lambert. It is set amongst the western community in the Soviet capital Moscow, mainly journalists and diplomats. Lambert was working as the ''Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet i ...'' correspondent in Moscow at the time and had to smuggle the manuscript back to Britain. It was a critical and commercial success.Burton p. 233. References Bibliography *Burton, Alan. ''Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. 1969 British novels Novels by Derek Lambert British thriller novels Novels set in Moscow Michael Joseph books {{1960s-thriller-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Lambert (author)
Derek (William) Lambert (10 October 1929 – 10 April 2001) was educated at Epsom College and was both an author of thrillers in his own name, writing also as Richard Falkirk, and a journalist. As a foreign correspondent for the '' Daily Express'', he spent time in many exotic locales that he later used as settings in his novels, the first of which, '' Angels in the Snow'', was published in 1969. Between 1972 and 1977 he wrote a series of six novels beginning with '' Blackstone'' about a member of the Bow Street Runners in the 1820s. His 1975 novel '' Touch the Lion's Paw'' was adapted to film as ''Rough Cut''. Bibliography Novels (as Derek Lambert) *'' Desde la muerte'' (1981) *'' Angels in the Snow'' (1969) *'' The Kites of War'' (1969) *''For Infamous Conduct'' (1970) *''Grand Slam'' (1971) *'' The Red House'' (1972) *''The Yermakov Transfer'' (1974) *'' Touch the Lion's Paw'' (1975) *''The Great Land'' (1978) *''The Saint Peter's Plot'' (1978) *''The Memory Man'' (1979) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |