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- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
- Era(s): 1917
St Petersburg 1917. The capital of the glittering Empire of the Tsars and a city on the brink of revolution where the jackals of the Secret Police intrigue for their own survival as their aristocratic masters indulge in one...
The Wolves of Leninsky Prospekt
- Location(s): Moscow
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 1970s
Escaping failure as an undergraduate and a daughter, not to mention bleak 1970s England, Martha marries Kit – who is gay. Having a wife could keep him safe in Moscow in his diplomatic post. As Martha tries to understand...
- Location(s): Russia, Mongolia, Ulan Bator / Ulaanbaatar
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Present
Carrie’s best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they’d planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone. Violet is also travelling alone, after splitting up with her boyfriend in Thailand. She is...
- Location(s): England, Russia, Spain
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
A stunning historical saga set in the early decades of the twentieth century which follows the lives and loves of one extraordinary family. We first meet the Goold Verschoyle children in 1915. Though there is a war going on...
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
- Location(s): Chechnya
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Turn of 21st Century
The story of eight people (and a nation) navigating two brutal wars, it’s a novel of loyalty and sacrifice and enduring love.
A Mountain of Crumbs: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1900s
- Location(s): Afghanistan, Russia, United States (USA)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Second half of the 20th Century
Agent 6, the third and final outing for the conflicted former MGB officer, brings the trilogy of novels to a resounding climax. Leo’s new civilian life with his wife Raisa and his family has acquired equilibrium, but the USSR...
- Location(s): Russia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1980s
Among the Russians is a marvellous account of a solitary journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia. A gifted writer and intrepid traveller, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity...
- Location(s): Europe, Russia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
To betray, you must first belong… In June 1934, Kim Philby met his Soviet handler, the spy Arnold Deutsch. The woman who introduced them was called Edith Tudor-Hart. She changed the course of 20th century history. Then she was...
- Location(s): St Petersburg (Leningrad)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 18th century
“We quarrel about power, not about love.” Catherine the Great takes centre stage in best selling author Eva Stachniak’s latest novel. Gorgeously written with vivid detail and lyrical prose, EMPRESS OF THE NIGHT is an intimate and revealing portrait...
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