Moscow Trilogy – serie

‘An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good’ Dan SnowIf your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children of Russia’s most important leaders who attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state? Directed by Stalin himself, an investigation begins as children are arrested and forced to testify against their friends - and their parents. This terrifying witch-hunt soon unveils illicit love affairs and family secrets in a hidden world where the smallest mistakes will be punished with death.

Discover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Mosow Trilogy!*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*'Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' ? The TimesWinter, 1916.In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution.Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her role in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction.Twenty years on, Sashenka has a powerful husband and two children. Around her people are disappearing but her own family is safe.But she's about to embark on a forbidden love affair which will have devastating consequences.Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heart-breaking story of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice ...Readers LOVE Simon Sebag Montefiore:'Agile plotting and vivid characterisation [...] combine to make Sashenka an addictive page-turner with an elegant, steely edge of verisimilitude' - Sunday Telegraph'Full of fascinating, meticulously researched detail about Russian life' - Daisy Buchanan'To write a good historical novel you have to recreate that world, both physically and intellectually - and there must be a sense that history is driving the plot forwards. Montefiore succeeds on all counts' - Evening Standard'Passionate, complex, incisive, salutary and utterly bloody upsetting. One of those classic books that people will want to read again - I certainly will - when I recover from it - and enthuse others to read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Simon Sebag Montefiore has a terrific talent for creating tension' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'What an excellent writer, what a brilliant story teller, what an epic journey he took me on with amazing characters and such attention to detail' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A tour de force of a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A true page-turner and yet so much more. Rich in both historical detail and family drama, Sashenka will stay with me for a long time' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A superb story fabulously told' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Discover the epic story of revolution, passion, and betrayal from international bestselling author and historian, Simon Sebag Montefiore - Book 1 in The Mosow Trilogy!*RECOMMENDED BY THE QUEEN'S READING ROOM BOOK CLUB*'Intricate, fast moving... by the time I put the book down, long after midnight, I was in tears' - The Times'Gripping. The perfect mix of sweeping history and page-turning storytelling' - Kate MosseWinter, 1916.In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution.Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her dissolute friends, Sashenka slips into the frozen night to play her role in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction.Twenty years on, Sashenka has a powerful husband and two children. Around her people are disappearing but her own family is safe.But she's about to embark on a forbidden love affair which will have devastating consequences.Sashenka's story lies hidden for half a century, until a young historian goes deep into Stalin's private archives and uncovers a heart-breaking story of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice ...Readers LOVE Simon Sebag Montefiore:'Agile plotting and vivid characterisation [...] combine to make Sashenka an addictive page-turner with an elegant, steely edge of verisimilitude' - Sunday Telegraph'Full of fascinating, meticulously researched detail about Russian life' - Daisy Buchanan'To write a good historical novel you have to recreate that world, both physically and intellectually - and there must be a sense that history is driving the plot forwards. Montefiore succeeds on all counts' - Evening Standard'Passionate, complex, incisive, salutary and utterly bloody upsetting. One of those classic books that people will want to read again - I certainly will - when I recover from it - and enthuse others to read'⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Simon Sebag Montefiore has a terrific talent for creating tension' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'What an excellent writer, what a brilliant story teller, what an epic journey he took me on with amazing characters and such attention to detail' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A tour de force of a book' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A true page-turner and yet so much more. Rich in both historical detail and family drama, Sashenka will stay with me for a long time' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A superb story fabulously told' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Winner of the Political Fiction Book of the Year 2014.By the author of the world-wide bestsellers, Jerusalem, and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar, and based on a true story, a heart-breaking, addictively readable love story set in Stalin's Russia.If your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible secrets would they reveal?Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers, but the children of Russia’s most important leaders who attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state? Directed by Stalin himself, an investigation begins as children are arrested and forced to testify against their friends - and their parents. This terrifying witch-hunt soon unveils illicit love affairs and family secrets in a hidden world where the smallest mistakes will be punished with death.

‘An epic adventure story set against the most awful war in history. Ridiculously good’ Dan Snow'The black earth was already baking and the sun was just rising when they mounted their horses and rode across the grasslands towards the horizon on fire …’Imprisoned in the Gulags for a crime he did not commit, Benya Golden joins a penal battalion made up of Cossacks and convicts to fight the Nazis. He enrols in the Russian cavalry, and on a hot summer day in July 1942, he and his band of brothers are sent on a desperate mission behind enemy lines.Switching between Benya's war in the grasslands of Southern Russia, and Stalin's plans in the Kremlin, between Benya's intense affair with an Italian nurse and a romance between Stalin's daughter and a journalist also on the Eastern Front, this is a sweeping story of passion, bravery and human survival where personal betrayal is a constant companion, and death just a heartbeat away.Praise for Red Sky at Noon'Red Sky at Noon is an epic adventure story set against the backdrop of the most awful war in human history. The master historian shape-shifting into the brilliant novelist. Ridiculously good’. Dan Snow'Mythic and murderous violence in Russia…there are power-drunk Nazis and Soviet traitors, including a particularly memorable villain …Written with brio & deep knowledge of its fascinating subject matter… a deeply satisfying pageturner.' - Book of the Month, The Times'In this third volume of The Moscow Trilogy, the fate of combatants and civilians is often harsh. With his feel for vivid and immediate drama and impressive research, the author evokes the extreme turbulence and violence impacting on individuals. Writing with passion, Montefiore makes the point that, up against the huge forces of war, the struggle for personal resolution can be tragic - but never wasted.' - Daily Mail'The final instalment of Montefiore's loosely connected Moscow Trilogy: amidst the killing and the chaos, a group of prisoners are offered a chance of redemption on a secret mission behind enemy lines on horseback. Montefiore has a keen sense of place and an eye of unexpected details. Switching between the frontline on the Russian steppes and Stalin in the Kremlin, this is an EXCITING FAST-PACED ADVENTURE AND A LAMENT FOR LOVE IN DARK AND BRUTAL TIMES.' - Mail on Sunday'I devoured Red Sky at Noon. A heartstopping, heartbreaking, technicolour epic. A grand homage to the Russian masters Babel & Grossman, echoes of Hemingway & Dostoevsky, and a propulsive delight that is entirely Montefiore's own. Gripping storytelling allied with intimate, unsqueamish knowledge of Russian history - a special combination.' - AD Miller, author of Snowdrops'The gripping final instalment of the Moscow Trilogy tells of a man wrongly imprisoned in the Gulags and his fight for redemption. Love in dark times, meticulously researched... In this searing tale of love and war, most moving is the redemptive relationship between a soldier and a nurse that blooms amid the brutality. An homage to the author's favourite Russian writers and the Western masterpieces of Larry McMurtry, Cormac McCarthy and Elmore Leonard, such influences pervade this atmospheric tale told in the author's distinct own voice.' - Observer