tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post5595170395960763480..comments2024-03-21T22:22:59.425-07:00Comments on Vintage Pop Fictions: Eric Ambler's Judgment on Deltchevdfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-62980856982378524172014-01-10T05:04:49.242-08:002014-01-10T05:04:49.242-08:00I really must read some Eric Ambler. The way his h...I really must read some Eric Ambler. The way his heroes are often everyman brings to mind North by North West, perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6984067990467963645.post-12616471234917236642014-01-02T08:52:36.240-08:002014-01-02T08:52:36.240-08:00"Judgment on Deltchev was published in 1951 a..."Judgment on Deltchev was published in 1951 and was the first of Ambler’s post-war spy thrillers. The plot was inspired by the notorious show trials in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, used by Stalin to destroy any and all opposition. "<br />There were very similar and much more recent trials in the new Communist states in the late 1940s and early 1950s- the Slansky trial in Czechoslovakia and the Rajk trial in Hungary, for example- to provide examples for Ambler.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com