Winter (novel)

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Winter is a 1987 novel by Len Deighton.

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It is a time of turmoil. A time when the horrors of war engulf and extinguish the Germany that is. Born into this time are Peter and Paul Winter, two very different brothers, whose lives—whose destinies—are forever bound to the madness that lies ahead.

From their sheltered childhood through their violent coming of age in the Great War... from the chaos of 1920's Berlin to the spreading power of Hitler... they are wrenched apart by conflicting ideals and ambitions. Blood brothers, now mortal enemies, they are trapped in a holocaust that threatens to tear them - and the world - to pieces.

For readers of Len Deighton's best-selling trilogy, Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match, this is the story that started it all. The novel provides the historical background to the trilogy as well as two following trilogies, all nine works involved in the adventures of fictional character Bernard Samson.

The book contains an atmospheric description of a Zeppelin raid on London.

v • d • e Works by Len Deighton

"Unnamed hero" novels:	The IPCRESS File (1962) · Horse Under Water (1963) · Funeral in Berlin (1964) · Billion-Dollar Brain (1966) · An Expensive Place to Die (1967) · Spy Story (1972) · Yesterday's Spy (1975) · Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (1976)

Bernard Samson novels:	Berlin Game (1983) · Mexico Set (1984) · London Match (1985) · Winter (1987) · Spy Hook (1988) · Spy Line (1989) · Spy Sinker (1990) · Faith (1994) · Hope (1995) · Charity (1996)

Other novels:	Only When I Larf (1968) · Bomber (1970) · Close-Up (1972) · SS-GB (1978) · XPD (1981) · Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (1982) · MAMista (1991) · City of Gold (1992) · Violent Ward, (1993)

Short story collections:	Declarations of War (1971) · The Verdict of Us (2006)

Non-fiction:	Où Est le Garlic (1965) · Len Deighton's Action Cookbook (1965) · Len Deighton's London Dossier (1967) · Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain (1977) · Airshipwreck (1978) · Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk (1979) · Battle of Britain (1980) · Blood, Tears and Folly: An Objective Look at World War II (1993)