In the bestselling tradition of Dr Zhivago and Sophie's Choice an epic story of revolution, passion and betrayal - and one woman whose extraordinary secret lies uncovered for half a century.
Simon Sebag Montefiore is the author of the acclaimed novels of his Moscow Trilogy - Sashenka, Red Sky at Noon and One Night in Winter, which won the Paddy Power Political Novel of the Year Prize and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize: the novels are published in 27 languages. Montefiore is also the author of prize-winning bestselling history books now in 48 languages, including Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, Jerusalem: The Biography and The Romanovs. For more information see: www.simonsebagmontefiore.com or follow him on Twitter: @simonmontefiore.
Gripping from start to finish. The perfect mixture of sweeping
history and page-turning storytelling
Intensely moving, with an unforgettable climax that will touch the
hardest heart
Furiously readable - it's hard to put Sashenka down. The glory and
tragedy of her story remains long after the last page is turned
Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long
after midnight, I was in tears
*THE TIMES*
If you’re fascinated by twentieth-century Russian history, you’ll
be intrigued by the tale of Sashenka, a loyal Communist wife
married to a powerful party member, whose life starts to unravel
when she embarks upon an affair…The author is a noted historian,
and this novel is full of fascinating, meticulously researched
detail about Russian life.
*Daisy Buchanan*
Lauded historian Montefiore (Young Stalin) ventures successfully into fiction with the epic story of Sashenka Zeitlin, a privileged Russian Jew caught up in the romance of the Russian revolution and then destroyed by the Stalinist secret police. The novel's first section, set in 1916, describes how, under the tutelage of her Bolshevik uncle, Sashenka becomes a naOve, idealistic revolutionary charmed by her role as a courier for the underground and rejecting her own bourgeois background. Skip forward to 1939, when Sashenka and her party apparatchik husband are at the zenith of success until Sashenka's affair with a disgraced writer leads to arrests and accusations; in vivid scenes of psychological and physical torture, Sashenka is forced to choose between her family, her lover and her cause. But as this section ends, many questions remain, and it is up to historian Katinka Vinsky in 1994 to find the answers to what really happened to Sashenka and her family. Montefiore's prose is unexciting, but the tale is thick and complex, and the characters' lives take on a palpable urgency against a wonderfully realized backdrop. Readers with an interest in Russian history will particularly delight in Sashenka's story. (Nov.) Copyright 2008 Reed Business Information.
Gripping from start to finish. The perfect mixture of
sweeping history and page-turning storytelling
Intensely moving, with an unforgettable climax that will
touch the hardest heart
Furiously readable - it's hard to put Sashenka down.
The glory and tragedy of her story remains long after the last page
is turned
Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long
after midnight, I was in tears * THE TIMES *
If you're fascinated by twentieth-century Russian history, you'll
be intrigued by the tale of Sashenka, a loyal Communist wife
married to a powerful party member, whose life starts to unravel
when she embarks upon an affair...The author is a noted historian,
and this novel is full of fascinating, meticulously researched
detail about Russian life. * Daisy Buchanan *
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