''Angels in the Snow'' is a 1969

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by the British writer

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. It is set amongst the western community in the

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capital Moscow, mainly journalists and diplomats. Lambert was working as the ''

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'' 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.

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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