‘We thought the war would last three months, but I didn’t see him again for five years. ‘I stayed in London while he came home to Germany and joined the army.’ Carla had heard this story many times, but Mother never Had been born English, though you could hardly tell. Mother had laughed in a pleased way and said: ‘The day after our wedding, your father and I were separated by the Great War.’ She Her friends thought it was strange: their parentsĭid not do that. Carla cringed when they kissed in front of other people. Mostly they were affectionate – too much so. She almost turned and walked back out again. Streets of Berlin before a February snowstorm. The second she walked into the kitchen she felt the hostility, like the bone-deep cold of the wind that blew through the Tommy Griffiths, Billy Williams’s political agentĬarla knew her parents were about to have a row. Lavrentiy Beria, head of the secret police Ilya Dvorkin, officer of the secret policeĬolonel Bobrov, Red Army officer in Spain Vladimir, always called Volodya, their son Gottfried von Kessel, deputy for the Centre Party Monika (née Monika von der Helbard), his wifeĬount Konrad von der Helbard, Monika’s father Robert von Ulrich, Walter’s second cousin Maud (née Lady Maud Fitzherbert), his wife Lindy and Lizzie Westhampton, Bing’s twin daughters Sir Bartholomew (‘Bing’) Westhampton, friend of Fitz’s Millie Leckwith, Ethel and Bernie’s daughter Lloyd Williams, Ethel’s son, Bernie’s stepson ‘Boy’ Fitzherbert, Viscount Aberowen, their elder sonĮthel Leckwith (née Williams), Member of Parliament for Aldgate Gladys Angelus, film star, also Lev’s mistressĬolonel Leslie Groves, Army Corps of Engineers Genre: antique Winter of the World (Century Trilogy 2) Ken FollettĪntique Ken Follett Winter of the World (Century Trilogy 2) eng Ken Follett calibre 0.8.21 60ed65d0-02ec-4dd8-9edf-1b0cc2ef1b95 1.0
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