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- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1940s
Leningrad, September 1941. Hitler orders the German forces to surround the city at the start of the most dangerous, desperate winter in its history. For two pairs of lovers -Anna and Andrei, Anna’s novelist father and banned actress Marina...
- Location(s): Europe, London, Moscow
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Perfect for fans of John le Carré – the most explosive secret of the Cold War could be exposed: but the bigger the lie, the more ruthlessly it will be protected… Hard-up Russia expert Dr Sam Gaddis finally has...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Horror, Short Stories
- Era(s): Modern
VOLUME 1 IN THE “HOTEL HORROR” SERIES OF SHORT STORIES Meet Ms N – hotelier extraordinary. Ms N can keep her head when confronted with any number of crises and keep all her customers happy – but guests who...
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Late 19th Century
It’s strange that there’s no contemporary crime fiction coming out of Putin’s Russia, but Boris Akunin makes up for that with his intricate, allusive Erast Fandorin books, set at the turn of the last century.
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad), Stockholm
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1770s, 1990s
To The Hermitage is Sir Malcolm Bradbury’s first novel in nearly a decade, and its length and ambition provide some clue as to why it has been so long in the making. The novel begins with the arrival of...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
Travles through this bleak area of the map. Not so bleak, actually! Track the authors travels on a map, enjoy the wry humour,as he travels around this little known part of the world.
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
Davinsky Labour Camp, Siberia, 1933: Sofia Morozova knows she has to escape. Only two things have sustained her through the bitter cold, aching hunger and hard labour: the prospect of one day walking free: and the stories told by...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 2001 looking back
The story opens in 2001, when sisters Nina, both in their 40s, are facing major life changes. Fact and fiction are interwoven into the story as they look back over their Father’s life in Russia
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