Embassy (novel)

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Embassy
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Author Stephen Coulter
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreSpy thriller
Publisher Heinemann
Publication date
1969
Media typePrint

Embassy is a 1969 spy thriller novel by a British writer named Stephen Coulter. [1] A top Soviet official defects to the West and takes shelter in the American Embassy in Paris.

In 1972 the novel was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Gordon Hessler starring Richard Roundtree and Ray Milland.

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References

  1. Reilly p.362

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