The secrets we kept /
Prescott, Lara,
The secrets we kept / Lara Prescott. - xx, 459 pages ; 24 cm.
1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it. But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. In Washington DC, the CIA is planning to use the book to tip the Cold War in its favour. Their agents are not the usual spies, however. Two typists - the charming, experienced Sally and the talented novice Irina - are charged with the mission of a lifetime- to smuggle Doctor Zhivago back into Russia by any means necessary. It will not be easy. There are people prepared to die for this book - and agents willing to kill for it. But they cannot fail - as this book has the power to change history.
9781786331670 9781786331663
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago --Fiction.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Secretaries--Fiction.
Cold War--Fiction.
Smuggling--Fiction.
Soviet Union--History --1953-1985 --Fiction.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Suspense fiction.
The secrets we kept / Lara Prescott. - xx, 459 pages ; 24 cm.
1956. A celebrated Russian author is writing a book, Doctor Zhivago, which could spark dissent in the Soviet Union. The Soviets, afraid of its subversive power, ban it. But in the rest of the world it's fast becoming a sensation. In Washington DC, the CIA is planning to use the book to tip the Cold War in its favour. Their agents are not the usual spies, however. Two typists - the charming, experienced Sally and the talented novice Irina - are charged with the mission of a lifetime- to smuggle Doctor Zhivago back into Russia by any means necessary. It will not be easy. There are people prepared to die for this book - and agents willing to kill for it. But they cannot fail - as this book has the power to change history.
9781786331670 9781786331663
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960. Doktor Zhivago --Fiction.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --Officials and employees--Fiction.
Censorship--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Secretaries--Fiction.
Cold War--Fiction.
Smuggling--Fiction.
Soviet Union--History --1953-1985 --Fiction.
Spy stories.
Historical fiction.
Suspense fiction.