Peter Vansittart has been acclaimed as Englands greatest living historical novelist. Published to coincide with Vansittarts 85th birthday, 'Secret Protocols' begins with the Hitler Stalin pact of 1939 which triggers an extraordinary odyssey for Erich, the son of a Baltic Baron and an English mother.
Peter Vansittart was the author of 29 novels as well as several works of non-fiction including his autobiographical work, Paths from a White Horse. In 1969, he won the, "Society of Authors Traveling Scholarship," and in 198,1 he was one of six recipients of the first, "Writers' Bursaries" awarded by the Arts Council. Before his death in 2009, he was awarded an "O.B.E." for services to literature and his mastery over historical fiction.