In 323 B.C.E, having conquered Persia, Alexander the Great set his sights on Arabia, then suddenly succumbed to a strange fever. Locating his final resting placeβunknown to this dayβremains a tantalizing goal for both archaeologists and treasure hunters. Now the quest for this coveted prize is about
The Betrayal: a Novel
β Scribed by Helen Dunmore
- Publisher
- Grove Atlantic; Black Cat
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 220 KB
- Series
- Siege 2
- Edition
- (US)
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York
- ISBN
- 0802195016
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β¦ Synopsis
Internationally-acclaimed author Helen Dunmore follows her bestselling novel, The Siege , with a riveting and emotionally absorbing portrait of post-war Soviet Russia, a world of violence and terror, where the severest acts of betrayal can come from the most trusted allies.
In 1952 Leningrad, Andrei, a young doctor, and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together in the postwar, post-siege wreckage. But they know their happiness is precarious, like that of millions of Russians who must avoid the claws of Stalin's merciless Ministry of State Security. When Andrei is forced to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, his every move is scrutinized, and it becomes painfully clear that his own fate, and that of his family, is bound to the child's. Trapped in an impossible game of life and death, and pitted against a power-mad father's raging grief, Andrei and Anna must avoid the whispers and watchful eyes of those...
β¦ Subjects
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