A Sweeping Epic of Revolution, Secrets and Sacrifice
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Winter, 1916: St Petersburg is on the edge of revolution, and sixteen-year-old Sashenka Zeitlin, daughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant, is drawn into a dangerous world of politics and conspiracy even as the Tsar's secret police close in. Twenty years on, she's married to a rising Soviet official and living in relative comfort - until a forbidden love affair threatens everything she has built. Decades later, a young historian uncovers Sashenka's buried story, piecing together a tale of betrayal, courage and unbearable choices played out against the brutal backdrop of Stalin's Russia. The opening novel in acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore's Moscow Trilogy, praised for bringing a turbulent century of Russian history vividly to life.
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