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- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
This stunning debut novel set in the fascinating world of Cold War Soviet ballet follows the fates of twin sisters whose bond is competitive, complicated, but never broken. Maya and Natasha are twin sisters born in the midst of...
- Location(s): Norway, Russia
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
In Norway’s frozen north, tension is escalating across the border with Russia. One false move could trigger a major political crisis, or even a war … When an F-16 N.A.T.O. plane goes down on Russian territory, the danger of...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad), Vienna
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): 1970s
Madina’s family have fled war to seek asylum in Europe and begin a hopeful new life. An ordinary world of fitting in at school, learning the language and forging friendships lies before Madina. Yet she finds herself caught between...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): Late 20th century
In the course of the past 45 years, Angus Roxburgh has translated Tolstoy, met four successive Russian presidents and been jinxed by a Siberian shaman. He has come under fire in war zones and been arrested by Chechen thugs....
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Historical, Political, Thriller
- Era(s): 1930s
Moscow, 1934. Moscow’s glittering new subway is under construction at last. The first line will run through the centre of the city, cutting deep through Moscow soil. But futures cannot be created without digging up the past. Though Russia’s...
- Location(s): Russia, Moscow
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): 1980s
‘Peppered with memorable characters, carved with precision, … highly recommended’ Shots Magazine ‘Given that the definitive thriller in 1980’s Moscow already exists (Gorky Park), Moskva looks like a crazy gamble. But it’s one that comes off’ Sunday Times ‘A...
- Location(s): Samarqand, Moscow, Russia, Uzbekistan
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Present day
This haunting novel by the world’s leading Tajik-language novelist is a time-twisting reverie on the bond between mothers and daughters. Growing up in late Soviet-era Uzbekistan, Mahtab feels more at home in the cotton field-and in the past, as...
- Location(s): Moscow, Russia
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1917
Moscow, Russia, February 1917. As the tinder-box of Revolution ignites, Inspector Vladimir Lesnoy gets a vital lead in an investigation he has been working on for years – the case of a brutal serial killer. Aboard the Trans-Siberian Express,...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
A gorgeous, snowy adventure, set in the wilds of Siberia, full of magic and wonder, for junior readers. A world of magic is only a whisper away… Born in a Soviet prison camp, Lina has never seen the world...
- Location(s): Moscow, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): 1990
Will Kate risk everything for love and a good cause? It’s Moscow, 1990. Gorbachev is initiating dramatic change in Russia. On a literary tour, London-based Kate Chisholm meets the young and passionate investigative journalist Valentin Kotov. Over the next...
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