โ Scribed by Amor Towles
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility. 'A comic masterpiece.' The Times 'Winning . . . gorgeous . . . satisfying . . . Towles is a craftsman.' New York Times Book Review 'A work of great charm, intelligence and insight.' Sunday Times 'Everything a novel should be: charming, witty, poetic and generous. An absolute delight.' Mail on Sunday 'If we do a better book than this one on the book club this year we will be very very lucky.' Matt Williams, Radio 2 Book Club 'Abundant in humour, history and humanity' Sunday Telegraph 'Wistful, whimsical and wry.' Sunday Express On 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. But instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. While Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval, the Count, stripped of the trappings that defined his life, is forced to question what makes us who we are. And with the assistance of a glamorous actress, a cantankerous chef and a very serious child, Rostov unexpectedly discovers a new understanding of both pleasure and purpose.
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**"The book moves briskly from one crisp scene to the next, and ultimately casts a spell as captivating as _Rules of Civility_ , a book that inhales you into its seductively Gatsby-esque universe." **--_Town & Country_** From the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Rules of Civility_ --a trans
-- Mail on Sunday -- Sunday Times'Abundant in humour, history and humanity' Sunday Telegraph'Wistful, whimsical and wry' Sunday ExpressOn 21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, acro
**"The book moves briskly from one crisp scene to the next, and ultimately casts a spell as captivating as *Rules of Civility*, a book that inhales you into its seductively Gatsby-esque universe." **โ*Town & Country*** From the *New York Times* bestselling author of *Rules of Civility*โa transport
**"The book moves briskly from one crisp scene to the next, and ultimately casts a spell as captivating as _Rules of Civility_ , a book that inhales you into its seductively Gatsby-esque universe." **--_Town & Country_** From the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Rules of Civility_ --a trans