Simon Sebag Montefiore
Hardcover | Pages: 522 pages Rating: 4.02 | 4401 Users | 472 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Sashenka |
| ISBN: | 1416595546 (ISBN13: 9781416595540) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Moscow Trilogy #1 |
| Setting: | Saint Petersburg(Russian Federation) Moscow(Russian Federation) Tbilisi(Georgia) |
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Winter, 1916: In St Petersburg, Russia on the brink of revolution. Outside the Smolny Institute for Noble Young Ladies, an English governess is waiting for her young charge to be released from school. But so are the Tsar’s secret police… 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 part in a dangerous game of conspiracy and seduction. Twenty years on, Sashenka has a powerful husband with whom she has 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 tale of passion and betrayal, savage cruelty and unexpected heroism - and one woman forced to make an unbearable choice.Define Epithetical Books Sashenka (Moscow Trilogy #1)
| Title | : | Sashenka (Moscow Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 522 pages |
| Published | : | November 11th 2008 by Simon & Schuster (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Fiction |
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I've always been obsessed with Russian history, in particular the events leading to the 1917 revolution that murdered the Tsar, his family, as well as countless others, setting the stage for Stalin and decades of untold horrors, which remained shrouded in secrecy and encoded dossiers until the collapse of the USSR. In Simon Montefiore's sweeping novel, SASHENKA, we get an all-encompassing view of these pivotal, blood-soaked events through the eyes of the titular character - a wealthy Jewish girlIt's totally unconvincing for a native Russian-speaker, ridiculous in parts. The book is so full of discrepansies and silly details the author got simply wrong! I was astounded to read in the Acknowledgements that he thanked his teacher of Russian who read the text for mistakes. Well, she did a poor job of it.For all those readers who are interested in this period of Soviet history - revolution, stalin repressions, concentration camps, I would suggerst to read a truly amazing memoir of a
The background research is impressive but to me Sashenka herself feels like a man's creation of a woman - not totally convincing.
I loved this book!Only recently have I become interested in modern history, and more specifically the Russian Revolution, and this book definitely helped to deepen my interest.'Sashenka' is very well researched, and is the author's first novel as Montefiore normally writes historical books. This was a GREAT debut! The latter part of the book, though not AS enjoyable as the first two parts is still fantastic and provides a look into post-Stalinist Russia. It is set in a different decade from the
This is an outstanding work from a serious scholar of Russian history. I'll be interested to try one of his nonfiction books. The author's knowledge of period details, mindsets, and customs really makes this novel stand out. There are so many fascinating little extras.My summaries of the sections are deliberately vague, as I think it's essential to be in the dark about where the story is going for best enjoyment. All three of the parts are very nicely tied in with each other by the end of the
Thanks to this book, I really see why people would be so interested in the early Soviet history. This was an incredible novel that really helps you feel the magnitude of the events that took place. The Soviet empire was more than a government, it was an ideal, it was method of organizing every day life and even familial connections, which ideally were second to the mother state. I admired the heroes in this story for their selflessness and courage in the face of the giant Soviet personalities.
This book has gone on to my all time favourite lists. I cried I laughed I loved all through this book. I studied the history of Russia for A Level's two years ago now. From the Tsarist regime to the eventual rise and fall of Stalin. This book made everything I learnt from the Bolshevik uprising to the reign of Stalin and the Purges/Great Terror feel so much more real. Granted we learnt of these things and there was historic accounts of it, but this ficitonal piece of writing, although not a true
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