The acclaimed novelist and prizewinning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic, inspired by a true story that unfolds in Stalin's Russia during the bleak days after World War II. A jubilant Moscow is celebrating the Soviet Union's vict
One Night in Winter A Novel
β Scribed by Montefiore, Simon Sebag
- Book ID
- 108426294
- Publisher
- Random House
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 213 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
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 world where the smallest mistakes can be punished with death.
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*The acclaimed novelist and prizewinning historian Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of forbidden love in this heartbreaking epic, inspired by a true story that unfolds in Stalin's Russia during the bleak days after World War II.* A jubilant Moscow is celebrating the Soviet Union's v
**"The truly magnetic power" of this thriller is "the stirring of our deepest fears and their unexpected resolutionβat this, Montefiore is the master" (_Washington Post_).** Inspired by a true story, prizeβwinning historian and acclaimed novelist Simon Sebag Montefiore explores the consequences of