Angels in the Snow

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Angels in the Snow
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Author Derek Lambert
CountryUnited Kingdom
GenreThriller
Publisher Michael Joseph
Publication date
1969
Media typePrint

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 correspondent in Moscow at the time and had to smuggle the manuscript back to Britain. It was a critical and commercial success. [1]

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References

  1. Burton p. 233.

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