What novel features the historical period commonly described as occurring between 1947-1991?
The Night of Wenceslas: The Night of Wenceslas is the debut novel of British thriller and crime writer Lionel Davidson. The Night of Wenceslas:  This Bildungsroman describes the reluctant adventures of Nicolas Whistler, a dissolute young man of mixed English and Czech parentage who finds himself caught up against his will in Cold War espionage. Cold War:  Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947, the year the Truman Doctrine (a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism) was announced, and 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed.
The Night of Wenceslas