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The Diplomat's Wife
The Diplomat's Wife | Michael Ridpath
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TO LOVE, HONOUR, AND BETRAY... 'One of our finest thriller writers.' Daily Mail 1936: Devastated by the death of her beloved brother Hugh, Emma seeks to keep his memory alive by wholeheartedly embracing his dreams of a communist revolution. But when she marries an ambitious diplomat, she must leave her ideals behind and live within the confines of embassy life in Paris and Nazi Berlin. Then one of Hugh's old comrades reappears, asking her to report on her philandering husband, and her loyalties are torn. 1979: Emma's grandson, Phil, dreams of a gap-year tour of Cold War Europe, but is nowhere near being able to fund it. So when his beloved grandmother determines to make one last trip to the places she lived as a young diplomatic wife, and to try to solve a mystery that has haunted her since the war, he jumps at the chance to accompany her. But their journey takes them to darker, more dangerous places than either of them could ever have imagined...
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peta86
The Diplomat's Wife | Michael Ridpath
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Emma was once married to a well known diplomat and mixed in the highest circles.
She partied with the higher echelons and even turned her hand to spying.
You can say she lived a rather exciting and fast paced life.
But there was always one shadow on the horizon, the death of her beloved brother Hugh.
Now terminally ill she is determined to find out the truth while blending a holiday with her grandson Phil into a fact finding investigation.

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Jarethkoncsol06
The Diplomat's Wife | Michael Ridpath
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Emma has led a chequered life, from living the high life as a diplomat's wife to becoming a spy.
But the tragic death of her brother Hugh she finds hard to cope with his death.
Now elderly woman and terminally ill she embarks on one last journey with her grandson Phil to the places of her past.
But this is not the full truth and this puts both their lives in danger as some people have very long memories and are willing to kill to keep secrets.