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Lionel Davidson Night of Wenceslas Vintage Avon Spy Thriller Mystery 2nd 1967. The Night of Wenceslas is Lionel Davidson's. Lionel Davidson, Night of Wenceslas, Vintage, Avon, Spy Thriller, Mystery, 2nd printing 1967, cover title has some pencil fill-in, some tanning and general wear, good condition. The Night of Wenceslas is Lionel Davidson's 1960 debut espionage thriller about Nicholas Whistler, a dissolute Londoner who travels to Prague on a seemingly simple errand but gets entangled in Cold War spycraft, pursued by secret police and a mysterious woman named Vlasta. The novel, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award, follows Whistler as he navigates a dangerous world of espionage, attempting to escape with a secret formula for unbreakable glass. It was later adapted into the film Hot Enough for June.