Copyright © 1996 by John Lawton

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First published in Great Britain in 1996 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, England

The extract from his introduction to Philby: The Spy Who Betrayed a Generation is quoted by permission of John le Carré.

The extract from his interview with Kim Philby is quoted by permission of Murray Sayle.

The extract from Graham Greene’s introduction to Kim Philby’s My Silent War is quoted by permission of David Higham Associates Ltd.

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Lawton, John, 1949–

Old flames / John Lawton.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-8021-9949-2

1. Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich, 1894–1971—Fiction. 2. Bulganin, Nikolay Aleksandrovich, 1895–1975—Fiction. 3. Russians—Great Britain—Fiction. 4. Intelligence officers—Fiction. 5. Visits of state—Fiction. 6. Cold War—Fiction. 7. England—Fiction. I. Title.

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