The Secrets We Kept

Informationen zum Autor Lara Prescott was named after the heroine of Doctor Zhivago and first discovered the true story behind the novel after the CIA declassified 99 documents pertaining to its role in the book’s publication and covert dissemination. She travelled the world – from Moscow and Washington, to London and Paris – in the course of her research, becoming particularly interested in political repression in both the Soviet Union and United States and how, during the Cold War, both countries used literature as a weapon. Lara earned her MFA from the Michener Center for Writers. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband. Klappentext The exciting story of the women in the CIA's typing pool and how their story intertwined with the fate of Boris Pasternak's banned masterpiece "Doctor Zhivago". Zusammenfassung I absolutely loved it' Sarah Winman'Tantalising' Sunday Times'Thoroughly enjoyable' Guardian________________________No one looks twice at the women in the typing pool. No one knows that two of them are trading secrets.

Product details

• Authors: Lara Prescott
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 19.03.2020
• EAN: 9781786090744
• ISBN: 978-1-78609-074-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Russia, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, FICTION / Thrillers / Political, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Espionage and spy thriller, Fiction: narrative themes, The Cold War, C 1945 To C 1960, Cold wars and proxy conflicts