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- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Early 20th Century
Saint Petersburg, 1905. Behind the gates of the Karenin Palace, Sergei, son of Anna Karenina, meets Tolstoy in his dreams and finds reminders of his mother everywhere: the vivid portrait that the tsar intends to acquire and the opium-infused...
- Location(s): Herat, Russia, United Kingdom
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2000
A powerful tale of a family in crisis, and a moving love letter to the NHS Herat, Afghanistan, 2000. A mother speaks out against the fundamentalist leaders of her country. Meanwhile, her family’s watchful eyes never leave their beloved...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Young Adult
- Era(s): N/A
Debut author Jessica Rubinkowski delivers the thrilling first book in an epic Russian folklore–inspired fantasy duology filled with page-turning romance, tragedy, magic, and monsters. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sara Raasch! Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 19th century
The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons–the impulsive and sensual Dmitri;...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Children, Fantasy
Magic awaits, all you have to do is believe… When thirteen-year-old Olia steps through a magical doorway, she discovers another land. A land tangled by magic, where hope is lost, and a scheming wizard holds all the power. Soon...
The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to The Wastelands
- Location(s): China, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Later 19th Century
Welcome aboard The Great Trans-Siberian Express. It is the end of the 19th Century and the world is awash with marvels. But there is nothing so marvellous as the Wastelands: a terrain of terrible miracles that lies between Beijing...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad), Monte Carlo, Paris
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 20th century
Based on the famous dance siblings: Vaslav Nijinsky and his brilliant sister Bronislava (Bronia) this is a story of a remarkable dancer who charts her own course through the tumultuous years of early twentieth-century Europe. Beautifully blending fiction with...
- Location(s): China, Moscow
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1920s
China, 1929. For years Lydia Ivanova believed her father was killed by the Bolsheviks. But when she learns he is captive in Stalin-controlled Russia, the fiery-haired girl is willing to leave everything behind – even her Chinese lover, Chang...
- Location(s): The Mediterranean, Russia
- Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
The solitary female sniper squints against the scorching desert sun. Takes the shot. Men die. The solitary female assassin slashes her target’s artery. Fades into the Alpine forest. Men die. The betrayed covert operative silences his sadness with the...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): pre-revolutionary Russia
“The Cossacks” is one of Tolstoy’s greatest works. In this semi-autobiographical work we meet the central character of Olenin, a young man of twenty-four who has yet to make anything of himself in life. Olenin joins the Russian army...
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