The Red House

The Red House
Derek Lambert

A classic Cold War spy story from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert.The Red House follows a year in the life of Russian diplomat Vladimir Zhukov, the new Second Secretary at the Soviet Embassy in Washington – a ‘good Communist’ in 1960s America.Seeing what life in the West is really like, he discovers there is more to America than what Soviet propaganda has taught him. Increasingly intrigued by the Washington circuit, from outspoken confrontation between diplomats to the uninhibited sexual alliances arranged by their wives with other diplomats, the capitalist ‘poison’ begins to work on him and his wife.As he struggles to remain loyal to his country and begins to question who is the real enemy, he has to decide to whom is first loyalty due: country or lover, party or conscience.‘A gripping and topical novel’ Reading Chronicle

THE RED HOUSE

Derek Lambert

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First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph Ltd 1972

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MANY good people helped in the preparation of this novel. They know who they are and I thank them. In particular I wish to express my gratitude to Brian and Nelli Hitchen and Gordon Lindsay who provided shelter. To Ross Mark who introduced me to Washington. To Peter Worthington who introduced me to a defector. And to Donald Seaman, my mentor.

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THE period is 1968. A year that embraced the assassinations of a black and a white leader, a space-shot, the election of a new American president, race riots of unprecedented fury, the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. A savage, tragic, momentous year. In the interests of the narrative I have jockeyed a few dates, a few occasions, a few moods, and I apologize to any students of contemporary history who may be offended. It should also be noted that some of the speeches in the sequence dealing with an actual meeting of the United Nations Security Council are interpretations published by the U.N. and not precise translations.

CONTENTS

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Copyright (#ulink_aa18601d-511c-5953-8c0d-e9b37db7ebd9)

Dedication (#ulink_b36d9a80-646f-5b70-a7a5-83771ce6109f)

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Part One (#ulink_2cdcdd71-fb56-5258-8deb-0be2723dd3b2)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_682c6dd2-e4c6-578e-a401-f3e5219b7e9c)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_6702253e-64c8-5569-adb1-ddd09c2dc28c)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_189851c9-1198-58a4-8996-7699b56f6f9e)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_0266603d-5a8e-5f2d-9e74-20732e99a6c7)

Chapter 5 (#ulink_674663c4-5a85-5987-9d8a-f890dc9b4fcb)

Chapter 6 (#ulink_5f88a736-f144-56d4-a198-61a004e209ad)

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Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

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