 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Eric Ambler |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Alfred A. Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| OCLC | 978598449 |
| Preceded by | Journey into Fear |
| Followed by | The Schirmer Inheritance |
Judgment on Deltchev is a 1951 novel by Eric Ambler. It was his first solo novel for eleven years (not counting a novel written with Charles Rodda under the pseudonym Eliot Reed), and Ambler was worried about producing a bad novel, but did not.[1] The book is a courtroom drama based on the show trial of Bulgarian politician Nikola Petkov.[1] It provoked hostile responses from Communist fellow travellers.[2][3]
It is regarded as one of Ambler's finest books.[4] James Fenton called the book "Ambler's best novel... the most interesting politically and the most profound".[5]
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- ^ Cornwell, Bob. "Screening Eric Ambler – His Work in Films | Crime Time". Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ Wolfe, Peter (1993). Alarms and epitaphs : the art of Eric Ambler. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 89. ISBN 0879726032.