TY - BOOK AU - Prescott,Lara TI - The secrets we kept SN - 9781786331670 PY - 2019/// CY - London, England PB - Hutchinson KW - Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, KW - United States KW - Central Intelligence Agency KW - Officials and employees KW - Fiction KW - Censorship KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Secretaries KW - Cold War KW - Smuggling KW - Soviet Union KW - History KW - 1953-1985 KW - Spy stories KW - Historical fiction KW - Suspense fiction N2 - 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 ER -